EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #POWER: Greece’s left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras romped to victory in Greece’s general election yesterday, winning his second mandate as premier this year despite a controversial austerity deal struck with European leaders.

2. #COLLEGE: A new book claims that British Prime Minister David Cameron put “a private part” in a dead pig’s mouth.

3. #IRISH: A Judge has ruled that a failed breathalyser test was void as the results were only provided English.

4.#BUDGET: Irish pensioners are being made to choose between heat and food and need extra €5 a week, according to Age Action.

5. #LEGO: US Catholics have been doing some strange things to prepare for the Pope’s visit.

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