EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #DATA SEIZED: The Swiss authorities have opened criminal proceedings against Fifa president Sepp Blatter “on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as – alternatively – on suspicion of misappropriation”.
2. #MURPHY’S LAW: European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy has been heavily criticised after it emerged he got two gardaí in Cork to drive him over 200 kilometres to Dublin for an early-morning flight.
3. #VISHING: Gardaí are warning about a new phone scam after three people transferred €50,000 after getting phone calls.
4. #INTERNAL AFFAIRS: A Sinn Féin councillor in Cork has resigned from the party in the wake of the controversy over bullying in the Cork East constituency organisation.
5. #HISTORY CLASS: A Virginia teacher has been suspended for using a racist word while discussing discriminatory and derogatory terms with her history class.
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