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

1. #KENNY MEYLER: A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for stabbing his fellow Irishman to death.

2. #LIKE A VIRGIN: Richard Branson was in Dublin today to announce the official rebranding of UPC Ireland as Virgin Media.

3. #JASON CORBETT: The parents of the Limerick man who died following a domestic incident in North Carolina in August, say his wife is “exacerbating” their loss.

4. #TRUMP: The billionaire presidential candidate has said he will send home all Syrian refugees taken in by the US should he be elected.

5. #SINKHOLE: A 66-foot sinkhole has opened up in a housing estate in England.

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