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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. #ASK THE NUNS: The former master of the National Maternity Hospital has called on Simon Harris to ask the Sisters of Charity what their plans are for the new hospital.

2. #DEFENCE PROTEST: Family members of Defence Forces members have been protesting outside barracks across the country today to highlight pay issues.

3. #HORRIFYING: Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has called the idea of a large Tory win in the UK election ‘a horrifying prospect’.

4. #NOTORIOUSLY INFLUENTIAL: Conor McGregor has been named as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people.

5. #RECONSTRUCTION: US TV has recreated the Graham Dwyer murder case – but there are no plans to show the programme in Ireland.

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