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

1. #LOCKDOWN: Irish Water says its staff have been “regularly subjected” to threats, verbal abuse and in some cases physical assault while trying to carry out their work.

2. #DUBLIN: A 71-year-old father has been given a six year sentence for the “heinous” sexual abuse of three of his children.

3. #SICK MAN OF EUROPE: Waiting times in Irish hospital emergency departments are the worst in Europe, according to a new study.

4. #WAITING GAME: It’s now very likely the election will finally be called early next week.

5. #GENOROSITY: Comedian Brendan O’Carroll has donated €32,000 to the family of a pregnant woman who died in a car crash in Hobart, Australia last week.

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