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

1. #PROTEST: An anti-austerity protest has closed part of Dublin city, while some protesters have occupied the Bank of Ireland on College Green.

2. #CORRUPTION: The Dáil will tomorrow get the chance to vote for a new wide-ranging anti-corruption agency which the Social Democrats claim could stop the sort of wrongdoing uncovered by RTÉ Investigates last night.

3. #BELFAST: A woman has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the murder of 26-year-old David Clarke in north Belfast in 2001.

4. #HOOK HEAD: The Air-Accident Investigations Unit will carry out a preliminary investigation into the rescue of two teenagers from the water at Hook Head over the weekend. A 15-year-old Dublin girl, who remains in a critical condition, was dropped back into the water during the rescue.

5. #BARN OWLS: Police have seized four of them in a raid in Armagh.

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