EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.
1. #CENSUS: The population of Ireland has grown 3.7% to 4,757,976, the preliminary data from Census 2016 shows.
2. #HIGH COURT: Pieta House is in line to take over the services offered by troubled organisation Console.
3. #SHUFFLIN’: Theresa Villiers has resigned as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, having turned down a role offered to her by Theresa May, while Michael Gove has been dropped from the UK Cabinet ranks.
4. #DIPLOMAT: Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson has been appointed as the UK’s new foreign secretary – here is a list of people, places and things Boris Johnson has insulted or knocked over.
5. #BUILDING: Employers group IBEC has called on the government to seek EU permission to spend €1 billion on social housing.
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