EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #JAIL: Marius Sarzynski, who was charged with murdering his wife last year, has been found dead in his prison cell.

2. #EVICTED: A couple who were due in court this morning in a court battle over their home were evicted hours before the hearing.

3. #ISLAMIC STATE: The family of 26-year-old woman being held captive in Syria has issued a plea for her release.

4. #UP AND AWAY: There’s no slowing in the pace of property price rises with an increase of 13.4% over the last year.

5. #GOOD CAUSE: The money raised for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association from the ice bucket challenge has topped €1 million.

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