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

1. #OLYMPICS: Pat Hickey, the former president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, says he will stay in Rio to fight charges against him after being released from prison.

2. #APPLE: The EU has ordered Ireland to recover €13 billion in back taxes from tech giant Apple, but the government is set to appeal the ruling.

3. #HOMELESSNESS: Fr Peter McVerry has called on the government to start compulsorily purchasing empty homes to tackle the country’s housing problem.

4. #SYRIA: Mass graves containing between 5,200 to more than 15,000 people killed by the so-called Islamic State have been discovered in Iraq and Syria.

5. #OBERSTOWN: Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has insisted the Oberstown youth detention centre is “fit for purpose” after yesterday’s fire and disturbance that saw a number of inmates on the roof of the facility.

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