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

1. #RE-SENTENCING: The man behind the worst car crash in the history of the state was sentenced to eight years in prison with the final four suspended.

2. #DIRTY DEALINGS: One councillor featured in an RTÉ documentary claims he was just playing along when he asked a person he thought was a businesswoman for £10,000.

3. #STORM DESMOND: Residents and business people in the west are still cleaning up after the floods over the weekend.

4. #MIGRANT CRISIS: Germany has taken in almost one million refugees this year.

5. #STORM TERESA: Intrepid RTÉ reporter Teresa Mannion has said she really enjoyed the public’s response to her windswept weather report.

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