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

1. #DELAYED: The sentencing of Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy has been delayed until 26 February - which is the same day as the general election.

2. #CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Enda Kenny had to face down more protesters while campaigning in Cork earlier today.

3. #END OF THE LINE: The Independent in the UK has announced that it will no longer publish a newspaper from next month.

4. #NÓIRÍN O’SULLIVAN: The Garda Commissioner is set to oversee the security arrangements for the funerals of the two men killed in Dublin over the last week.

5. #ISTANBUL: A five-storey building has collapsed in a tourist district of the Turkish capital.

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