EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things you should know before you head out the door.

1. #MICHAEL NEARY: Thirty-five women who underwent unnecessary gynaecological procedures at the hands of disgraced surgeon Micheal Neary say they are “in limbo” and waiting on a redress scheme. People campaigning to encourage Health Minister James Reilly to resolve the issue of compensation for the 35 victims excluded from the Neary redress scheme gathered in Dublin today, where one victim said: “Micheal Neary is a dysfunctional individual who damaged women. Today he is a free agent, drawing a pension and we are left in limbo.”

2. #PROPERTY TAX: A list of the 5,100 exemptions to the Local Property Tax have been published online, with a mixture of already existing developments, along with those for which planning permission exists. Opposition TDs have criticised the numbers “low” number of exempt properties – pointing out that while 43,000 households were exempted from last year’s household charge, only 5,100 households have been exempted from the local property tax.

3. #CYPRUS: Banks in Cyprus remain closed today as political leaders scramble to find a bailout plan that will be acceptable for parliament, with the country’s president saying that a decision must be made today. Reports from Cyprus this morning suggest the government has decided to set up an Investment Solidarity Fund in a bid to secure the required €5.8 billion to unlock the €10 billion EU rescue package.

4. #ECONOMY: New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today indicate that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Ireland increased by 0.9 per cent in 2012. This is the second year in succession in which GDP showed an increase over the previous year following three years of declines in GDP during 2008 to 2010. GNP showed an increase of 3.4 per cent in 2012 over 2011.

5. #EXTRADITED: A 30-year-old Armagh man wanted in relation to a double murder has been extradited to Northern Ireland from Australia to face three charges – two of murder and one of arson with intent. The charges relate to the murder of Thomas O’Hare and Lisa McClatchey on 6 November, 2006.