EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #WATERFORD: Gardaí have launched a murder investigation after the suspicious death of a 90-year old man in Lismore.

2. #COURTS: A man who has received six jail sentences for rape and sexual assault over the last 25 years has again been released on bail pending sentence for sexually assaulting a woman on the Dart.

3. #GARDA WHISTLEBLOWERS: The judge presiding over the new Disclosures Tribunal has said that any lie told to the inquiry will be a “waste of what ordinary men and women have paid for”.

4. #NORTHERN IRELAND: DUP MP Sammy Wilson has said he agrees with a Belfast mural comparing Sinn Féin to the so-called Islamic State group.

5. #OSCARS: As you’ve probably heard by now, La La Land was incorrectly named as the winner of the Best Picture award at the Oscars last night, instead of Moonlight. Here’s how an envelope mix-up lead to the embarrassing incident.

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