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

1. #ABORTION A special meeting of the Cabinet will be held tomorrow to discuss the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, as it was not reached on today’s agenda, RTÉ reports. Meanwhile, Catholic Bishops have urged Ireland to ‘Choose life!’ in a statement out today on the legislation. They said that “no individual has the right to destroy life and no State has the right to undermine the right to life”.

2. #LONDON Around 100 riot police have been deployed to lead a crackdown on protests against the G8 in London. Dozens of police descended on a squat in the Soho area, following reports of a planned ‘Carnival Against Capitalism’ being due to take place. The G8 will begin in Fermanagh on 17 June.

3. #WHISTLEBLOWER Edward Snowden, the US surveillance whistleblower, has been sacked by his employer. Booz Allen Hamilton confirmed today in a statement that his employment with them had been terminated. Snowden was responsible for one of the biggest leaks in US history, of information from the National Security Agency relating to a US programme to monitor internet users.

4. #CANCER Irish men are more likely to get cancer and die from it than women are, the Irish Cancer Society has said. Its report showed that men had higher incidence rates of  bowel, lung, bladder and stomach cancer than females. Men are less likely to seek medical help, which leads to late diagnosis and lower survival chances, plus lifestyle factors include higher rates of tobacco use and alcohol consumption in men.

5. #FAR RIGHT The head of the English Defence League has said that there are large numbers of second-generation Irish in the far-right group. Stephen Lennon of the EDL said they had “no problem” with the Irish in Britain as long as they had integrated. Lennon’s mother was born in Dublin. He said his group would only target Irish community groups if they used ‘IRA slogans’ or sang Republican songs.