EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.
1. #WANTED: The search continues for escaped criminal Derek Brockwell, and a witness has described the scene after he stabbed two prison officers.
2.#SOLITARY: A man jailed for the murder of Melanie McCarthy-McNmara won a court case arguing his constitutional rights were breached by being in lock-up for 11 months.
3. #IRISH WATER: We had their head of communications, Elizabeth Arnett in the newsroom today to answer your questions.
4. #PARIS: A video emerged of Chelsea fans preventing a black man getting on the Metro and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin got flak for his tweet about it.
5. #ALABAMA: A police officer has pleaded not guilty to slamming a grandfather to the ground, partially paralysing him.
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