EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #GARDA COMMISSIONER: Nóirín O’Sullivan has indicated in the past hour she’s staying put after political pressure has been mounting on her to resign.

2. #NORTHERN IRELAND: The UK government have given Sinn Féin and the DUP more time to form a government after they missed today’s deadline.

3. #CORK CITY: A man has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in a Cork home.

4. #LIMERICK: Tributes have been paid to a young couple who lost their lives in a road traffic crash; in total seven people lost their lives over the weekend.

5. #BREXIT: British Prime Minister Theresa May travels to Scotland today to try to avert its independence bid.

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