EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #JOBSTOWN: Paul Murphy TD says he wasn’t aware that he was due to be charged over the Jobstown protest in which Tánaiste Joan Burton was trapped in her car.

2. #BELFAST: A murder investigation has been launched after a former IRA prisoner was shot dead by two masked gunmen last night.

3. #LEAVING CERT: A student who’s in direct provision and secured 575 points in her leaving cert is to meet the Minister for Education over third-level fees for asylum seekers.

4. TIANJIAN: Up to 50 people are now thought to have died after a series of massive explosions at a Chinese industrial port.

5. #OSCAR PISTORIUS: The former Olympian is set to be freed on parole next week after serving just ten months in jail.

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