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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. #MURDER INVESTIGATION: Gardaí in Dublin have launched a murder investigation after the fatal shooting of a man at a residence on the North Circular Road.

2. #STRIKE ACTION?: Talks between Bus Éireann and unions at the Workplace Relations Commission have collapsed.

3. #ADVERTISING STANDARDS: A number of the Irish Cancer Society’s ‘I want to get cancer’ adverts will not be shown again following a ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland.

4. #WINNING STUCK: Legal help was called in after a ball recently became stuck during Winning Streak filming.

5. #PIE IN THE FACE: Sutton United goalkeeper Wayne Shaw has resigned from the club after becoming involved in a betting row regarding his eating of a pie on television during an FA Cup fifth round match last night with Arsenal.

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