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

1. #CRISIS: Katherine Zappone has said the she had met Garda sergeant Maurice McCabe over false allegations made against him by Tusla and had informed the fallout here).

2. #INVESTIGATION: Gardaí are investigating claims that a woman was assaulted in Temple Bar early on Tuesday morning.

3. #RANKING: Trinity College Dublin has been announced as the only Irish university to make it into the world’s top 150 this year

4. #SLOWDOWN: A new report shows house price growth in Dublin “unexpectedly slowed” in December, bucking the trend of accelerating price growth throughout 2016.

5. #BULLIED: Former president Mary Robinson has said that it was a mistake to leave her role as President early to take up the position of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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