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

1. #COLLISION: A man in his 30s has died after a road traffic collision involving three cars on the N2 Dublin to Derry Road.

2. #EVISCERATED: Fianna Fail newcomer Stephen Donnelly has said he has been “eviscerated” online after announcing he was joining the party last week.

3. #APPROVED: The Government has approved legislation that will allow for the establishment of medically supervised injecting centres in Ireland.

4. #LANDMARK: A campaign by Austrian privacy lawyer Max Schrems against Facebook’s transfer of personal data from Europe to the US is being heard in an Irish court today.

5. #STRIKE: Tesco workers at nine branches across the country are set to go on strike from next Tuesday 14 February

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