EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.iebrings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #JOBSTOWN: Four more people were arrested over last November’s protest, including a 14-year-old boy.

2. #GAY MARRIAGE: A gay teacher has pixellated her face in a video for a Newstalk competition because of Irish employment laws.

3.#CRISIS SUMMIT: Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany held peace talks aimed at halting 10 months of conflict in Ukraine.

4. #PREGNANCY: Tonight’s Prime Time will give details of a “disproportionately large” number of undiagnosed breech births at a unit of Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda.

5. #EMERALD CITIES: The world is going to turn green for St Patrick’s Day.

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