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

1. #SERIOUS CONDITION Gardaí have launched an investigation after a 10-week-old girl suffered serious injuries in an incident.

2. #MURDER An Irish woman murdered in India has been named as Danielle McLaughlin, who was aged in her 20s, and from Buncrana in Donegal.

3. #LIGHTING UP Fewer people in Ireland are smoking cigarettes as now just one in five admit to indulging in the habit.

4. #RIP Two men have died in separate farm accidents in Kildare and Wexford today.

5. #SHOCK Punters were dealt a heavy blow at day two of the Cheltenham festival as heavily-fancied Douvan failed to even place in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, according to The42.

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