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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. #REHOMED: Residents protesting against a temporary halting site for the survivors of the Carrickmines fire will meet with council officials again tomorrow morning after marathon discussions today failed to reach a solution.

2. #BUDGET 2016: Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said he “ran out of time” to agree on rent certainty measures that could have been announced in yesterday’s Budget. It had been frequently touted by Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly.

3. #COURTS: Denis O’Brien has launched legal action against Red Flag Consulting alleging members were involved in a conspiracy against him, RTÉ News reports.

4. #VIRUS: The UK nurse who fought off Ebola last year is now critically ill in hospital. Pauline Cafferkey was admitted to the Royal Free hospital in London last week for specialised care in an isolation tent after she fell ill again.

5. #FREAK WAVE: A Cork woman has died after being swept out to sea in Vietnam. Stephanie Hartnett (64) was on holiday with friends at the time.

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