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

1. #RENT SUPPLEMENT: Housing minister Simon Coveney has announced that rent supplement will increase from this Friday.

2. #MISINTERPRETED: Fianna Fáil TD Eamon Scanlon has apologised for asking how many Muslims have applied for Irish citizenship.

3. #CORBYN: The UK Labour Party leader has lost a motion of no confidence run by his own party.

4. #NEWSTALK: Chris Donoghue is to take over George Hook’s evening slot on the Dublin-based station.

5 . #MANCHESTER: Police in the city are investigating a “disgusting” incident of racist abuse which occurred on an early morning tram today.

On Snapchat: Today marks 94 years since the outbreak of the Irish Civil War. Nicky took a wander around Dublin to two of the main battle sites – The Four Courts and ‘The Block’.

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