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

1. #RESULTS DAY: In today’s Leaving Cert results, eight students achieved 800 points or more. Here’s how the country as a whole did.

2. CRIMINAL COURT: Saverio Bellante was committed to the Central Mental Hospital for the killing of Tom O’Gorman.

3. ON THE STREETS: The number of families living homeless in Dublin has increased by 100% over the last year.

4. #TAXIS: The National Transport Authority is looking for feedback on whether CCTV should be mandatory in all taxis.

5. #CARRICKMACROSS: A 19-year-old man has died following an industrial accident in Monaghan.

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