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

1. #GONE AWAY? Justice minister Frances Fitzgerald has asked the Garda Commissioner to liaise with the PSNI in carrying out a fresh assessment of the status of the Provisional IRA.

2. #WATER PROTEST: Organisers of this weekend’s mass Right2Water protest in Dublin city centre have said they expect tens of thousands to turn out.

3. #GONE: Islamic State has published photos of how it blew up a 2,000-year-old temple in Syria on Sunday.

4. #CUT YOUR THROAT: An Anti Austerity Alliance councillor has said a threatening message he sent to an activist was “a moment of madness”.

5. #ATTACK: A lion has mauled to death a guide leading tourists on a walking safari in the Zimbabwean national park where Cecil the lion lived before he was shot.

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