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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. #FAMILY’S ANGER: A drunk driver jailed for the death of a four-year-old boy has had 18 months cut from his jail term following an appeal.

2. #DUBLIN: A motorcyclist has been killed in Dún Laoghaire in a collision involving two other vehicles.

3. #BERT & ERNIE: Ashers Bakery has lost an appeal to a ruling which found they were guilty of discrimination for not making a gay marriage wedding cake.

4. #IRISH RUGBY: Joe Schmidt has signed a new contract with the IFRU to continue on as Ireland head coach until the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

5. #MIGRANT CRISIS: Migrants have begun arriving at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the Calais “Jungle” camp.

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