EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #SKERRIES: A man with serious head injuries was found lying unconscious on a road just outside the Loughshinny area of Dublin overnight.

2. #RUSSIA: The main black box from the military plane that crashed on Christmas Day has been located.

3. #TOBACCO: Almost 6,000 people in Ireland died from the effects of smoking this year and smokers are being encouraged to quit in 2017.

4. #CRACKDOWN: Gardaí arrested a driver yesterday who still drunk from the night before and was three times over the alcohol limit.

5. #RIP: The oldest person in Ireland, Sarah Clancy, has died aged 108.

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