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

1. #ALLEGATIONS: Labour leader Brendan Howlin has defended comments he made about Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan in relation to whistleblower Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe.

2. #MASSACRE: The Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland (PPS) has decided not to prosecute a man who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of 10 people in the notorious Kingsmill massacre in Co Armagh in 1976.

3. #TRIBUTES: Tributes have been paid to the Cork couple who, along with a close relative, died following a house fire in the UK on Monday.

4. #SEIZURE: Gardaí in Dublin have seized two vehicles, a firearm and some ammunition after a search in the north inner city area yesterday evening.

5. #CONFIRMED: The US Senate has confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general, despite fierce debate about his civil rights record.

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