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

1. #BALLYOGAN: A hostage situation at a south Dublin house has ended after a woman was released unharmed.

2. #ROSCOMMON: The western county has the worst broadband access in Ireland.

3. #TRAGIC: A man in his 70s was pronounced dead but later revived after a four-car collision in Dublin.

4. #TIME TO GO: Former Attorney General Michael McDowell has called for Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan to vacate her position.

5. #SHOULD BE FUN: Russian hooligans have revealed how they’re preparing for next year’s football World Cup.

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