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

1. #BALLYMUN: A would-be armed robber attempted a raid while armed gardaí were in the shop.

2. #LONDON: Police in the UK capital have released a new image of the jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus.

3. #RECKLESS: A rollerblader who was caught on video hitching a ride on the back of a Dublin Bus has been labelled “absolutely reckless”.

4. #SLOPPING OUT: No damages were awarded to a prisoner whose rights were breached by being forced to defecate in a chamber pot in Mountjoy prison.

5. #LÉ SAMUEL BECKETT: There was controversy for the Defence Forces after an Irish naval ship attended the world’s largest arms fair in London.

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