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

1. #U-TURN: After repeatedly ruling them out Enda Kenny now says that Fine Gael will talk to Fianna Fáil about possibly forming a government.

2. #ADAM JOHNSON: The Premier League footballer faces a lengthy jail sentence after being found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child.

3. #WATER CHARGES: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said that people need to keep paying their water charges and that it would be a “seriously costly and seriously historic” mistake to get rid of them.

4. #US ELECTION: After ‘Super Tuesday’ it’s starting to look likely that it’ll be a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for the US presidency come November.

5. #DENIED: Thousands of people didn’t get their disability payments this morning.

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