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

1. #HOMELESSNESS: A demonstration was held in Dublin city centre in support of homeless families who will soon have to leave their accommodation at Lynam’s Hotel as the hotel has gone into receivership.

2. #CAR INSURANCE: Finance Minister Michael Noonan has announced plans aimed at protecting drivers when motor insurance companies go into liquidation.

3. #LIMERICK: A father and son killed in a suspected murder suicide last Tuesday are to be buried together after a joint funeral service on Sunday.

4. #APPEAL: Joe O’Reilly, who was found guilty in 2007 of killing his wife Rachel O’Reilly, has been granted legal aid to pursue an appeal to the Supreme Court one year after his miscarriage of justice bid was dismissed as an “abuse of process”.

5. #IMF: Christine Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund, has been ordered to stand trial in France over a massive state payout to a controversial tycoon when she was French economy minister.

Today on Snapchat: We abseiled down a building for charity. 

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