EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #SHATTER: Alan Shatter will accept around €50,000 worth of severance payments and donate it to the Jack and Jill Foundation.

2. #KILDARE: An investigation has been launched following th e death of a young man in garda custody.

3. #COUP D’ETAT: Thailand’s military took control of the country today, seizing power in a television address to the kingdom.

4. #BUS DEATH: RTÉ reports that Edward Connors (30), has been convicted of killing Eoghan Dudley (28) by knocking him under a bus in Dublin city centre in 2012.

5. #MORATORIUM: Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, broadcasters are precluded from talking about taking about it. Here’s the moratorium explained.

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