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

1. #STANDING FIRM: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it’s up to the UK to come back with another offer over the border.

2. #INQUEST: A man died after the bike he was on collided with a pedestrian on the cycle path in the Phoenix Park.

3. #CHARGED: A man has been charged in relation to the death of 22-year-old Amy McCarthy.

4. #COUNCIL ROW: There were heated scenes after a Leitrim county councillor repeatedly used the n-word during a local meeting.

5. #ASSASSINATION: London police said they thwarted an attempt on the life of Prime Minister Theresa May.

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