EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know as you head out the door.

1. #HOSPITALS: The Minister for Health Simon Harris has announced measures to reform the health sector and hospitals which are buckling under the pressure of increasing waiting lists.

2. #GERMANY: A Chinese tourist got tangled up in the red tape of Germany’s migrant influx by mistake and was stuck in a refugee home for nearly two weeks.

3. #HOUSING: Ireland’s property market is getting increasingly abnormal according to new figures which show that fewer houses are being bought.

4. #RACISM: There was an 11% rise in reports of racist abuse to the Immigrant Council last year, compared to 2014.

5. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: A government tender has finally been issued for a polling company to source the people who will sit on the promised Citizens’ Assembly.

Today on Snapchat, we’re heading down to Dollymount Strand in Dublin to chat with the Coastguard.