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

1. #LOUIS THEROUX Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to prevent the documentary-maker’s film on Scientology from being released here

2. #HOUSTON Nine people have been injured in the Texan city after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall

3. #HOUSE PRICES The average asking price for a home in Ireland is now over €200,000 for the first time since the property crash

4. #SKERRIES The Co Dublin town has been announced as the winner of Ireland’s Tidy Towns competition for this year

5. #COURTS The Children’s Court has heard how a 15-year-old boy went on a ‘rampage’ with a car he bought on Done Deal

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