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

1. #ATTACK: There’s reports that at least 20 students have been stabbed or slashed at a high school in Pennsylvania. A student has been arrested.

2. #VISIT: President Higgins met with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, at Downing Street this lunchtime and said “I’m so pleased to be here.”

3. #TIPPERARY: Two men have died after the lorry they were travelling in lost control.

4. #TRIAL: Oscar Pistorius was told to take responsibility for the death of Reeva Steenkamp today. A prosecution lawyer said “You shot and killed her, won’t you take responsibility for that?”

5. #HALLELUJAH: A Meath priest has become a YouTube sensation after a video of him singing to a couple getting married went viral.

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