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

1. #LEADER: Fine Gael is counting the ballots in its leadership election with the result set to be announced within the next hour.

2. #NOT GUILTY: A Dublin man been acquitted of the rape of a university student he met on the Tinder dating app.

3. #CLIMATE CHANGE: World leaders have reacted with anger and defiance to Donald Trump’s announcement that the US was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

4. #UK: Greater Manchester Police are evacuating the area around a car which they believe to “significant” to the investigation of last week’s terrorist attack.

5. #BROLLY: Heavy rain is being forecast for a wetter, cooler bank holiday weekend.

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