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

1. #MIGRANT CRISIS Four people have been arrested over the death of a Syrian toddler found dead on a beach. Meanwhile, there have been chaotic scenes at a train station in Hungary, where people were refusing to be taken to a refugee camp.

2. #BANKING INQUIRY The former CFO of Anglo, Matt Moran, apologised with “deep regret” for “the hardship the failure of the bank inflicted on so many people”, during today’s Banking Inquiry hearings.

3. #OVERHAUL The Leaving Cert is getting a big overhaul, with additional points and a new points scale.

4. #DRINK The government’s plan to introduce a minimum price for alcohol has suffered a major setback, after an advisor to the EU’s top court said the laws could be illegal. 

5. #EIRCOM Eircom says that its services are returning to normal this morning, after yesterday’s serious disruption to mobiles and landlines.

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