EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #GONE: Fine Gael’s John McNulty has withdrawn from the Seanad by-election following a week of controversy.
2. #RIP: Stage school founder and Dublin icon Billie Barry has died. She passed away peacefully this morning.
3. #MAKING A SPLASH: Water charges have been finalised, a day before the system come into effect. The Taoiseach has said that Irish Water – and your PPS numbers – “will not be sold”.
4. #RESIGNATION: Hilary Quinn, a director of Irish Water, has resigned from the board after it was revealed that he was hired as Junior Minister Paudie Coffey’s driver.
5. #UH-OH: The European Commission has said that it believes Ireland provided illegal state aid to Apple for almost 20 years.
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