EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #SHERGAR PART II The theft of a greyhound valued at €1 million has been likened to the famous IRA kidnapping of Irish racehorse Shergar.

2. #HAILED A HERO A taxi man rushed to the rescue of a family trapped inside a burning house in Swords, Dublin.

3. #JAILED A Dublin man arrested on explosives charges in the run-up to the State visit of Prince Charles last year has been jailed for five and a half years by the Special Criminal Court.

4. #BIN THE CHARGES Plans to make people pay-by-weight for rubbish collection have been delayed.

5. #BURQA BAN German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reiterated her party’s bid to ban the full face veil.

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