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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. #PETITION: Over 30,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Sisters of Charity to be prevented from becoming the owner of the National Maternity Hospital.

2. #ELECTION: British lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap election, by 522 to 13  votes.

3. #PROPERTY: Irish residential property prices rose by almost 11% in the year to the end of February, new figures show.

4. #LONDONPolice in the UK capital are hunting the boyfriend of a reality star in connection with a nightclub acid attack.

5. #RAIL: Irish Rail has condemned an incident on a Limerick train where a woman told a man to “go away and fuck off back to India”.

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