EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #BERTIE: Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said that Ireland leaving the EU would be an “act of insanity”.

2. #CLERYS: Businesswoman Deirdre Foley will go on trial in January on charges connected to the handling of redundancies at Clerys department store.

3. #FIGHTING BACK: Russia’s foreign ministry has ordered Washington to reduce its diplomatic staff, after Vladimir Putin slammed what he called “anti-Russian hysteria” in the capital.

4. #UBER DISAPPOINTED: Uber’s plans for a ride-sharing pilot in Ireland have been knocked back by the National Transport Authority, which said the scheme was “undesirable”.

5. #GOODBYE: RTE Radio One presenter Cathal Mac Coille signed off on his last edition of Morning Ireland today.

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