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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. #THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT A group of AAA / PBP TDs have worn ‘Repeal’ sweatshirts in Dáil Éireann

2. #SINÉAD O’CONNOR The singer’s name has appeared on the latest list of tax defaulters

3. #MORE STRIKES? Rank and file members of the Garda Representative Association (GRA) have voted in favour of industrial action over pay

4. #CORK Three people have been rescued from a sinking trawler 20 miles off the Seven Heads coastline

5. #ALLARDYCE The English football manager is to be investigated by the FA after hidden camera footage emerged of him allegedly instructing people in how to break agent rules

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