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EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #MEATH: Human remains have been found at the site in Co Meath where a team has been searching for Joe Lynskey, one of the ‘Disappeared’.

2. #JOB LOSSES: Liberty Insurance is cutting 270 jobs across Dublin, Cavan and Fermanagh as losses from the UK motor insurance market mount.

3. #SANDRA HIGGINS: A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a child-minder accused of causing serious harm to a ten-month-old baby.

4. #SHOTS FIRED: The Mayor of Cork County, Alan Coleman, has resigned from Fianna Fáil. He cited a “disconnect by the party leadership with everyday local and national issues” as his reason.

5. #WARNING: An Irish man in his early 20s has died after taking a weight loss drug that he purchased on the internet.

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