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

1. #NOT UNUSUAL: Leo Varadkar said it’s not that unusual that Irish Water is asking for your PPS number.

2. #FIREARM: A gun was seized after it was pulled on an Irish Water worker.

3. #DONEGAL: There will be a psychiatric assessment carried out on Julian Cuddihy, who is charged with murdering his parents, RTÉ reports.

4. #DISMISSED: Adam Clayton’s jailed former PA lost an appeal against her conviction for stealing nearly €3 million from the U2 bassist.

5. #DAMN GIRL: A secretly-filmed video of a woman being harassed by strangers in the street went viral and we shared our own horror stories.

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