EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know as you head out the door.
1. #HOSPITALS: The Minister for Health Simon Harris has announced measures to reform the health sector and hospitals which are buckling under the pressure of increasing waiting lists.
2. #GERMANY: A Chinese tourist got tangled up in the red tape of Germany’s migrant influx by mistake and was stuck in a refugee home for nearly two weeks.
3. #HOUSING: Ireland’s property market is getting increasingly abnormal according to new figures which show that fewer houses are being bought.
4. #RACISM: There was an 11% rise in reports of racist abuse to the Immigrant Council last year, compared to 2014.
5. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: A government tender has finally been issued for a polling company to source the people who will sit on the promised Citizens’ Assembly.
Today on Snapchat, we’re heading down to Dollymount Strand in Dublin to chat with the Coastguard.
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