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

1. #SEXUAL ASSAULT: The man who was arrested in relation to the alleged sexual assault of a Spanish teenager in Ringsend, Dublin, was out on bail at the time.

2. #MALAWI: A number of Irish medical students have been injured in a crash in the African country.

3. #CANCER: Former US presidential candidate John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer.

4. #TRIBUNAL: A garda superintendent has denied ignoring a letter by a social worker regarding sex abuse allegations against Maurice McCabe in order to “trigger an earthquake in the HSE”.

5. #SEAGULLS: The birds have reportedly been attacking people in Dublin city again. We spoke to the experts to find out what makes them so angry.

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