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

1. #LOUIS THEROUX Ireland’s blasphemy laws are unlikely to prevent the documentary-maker’s film on Scientology from being released here

2. #HOUSTON Nine people have been injured in the Texan city after a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall

3. #HOUSE PRICES The average asking price for a home in Ireland is now over €200,000 for the first time since the property crash

4. #SKERRIES The Co Dublin town has been announced as the winner of Ireland’s Tidy Towns competition for this year

5. #COURTS The Children’s Court has heard how a 15-year-old boy went on a ‘rampage’ with a car he bought on Done Deal

Tonight from 11.30pm: It’s fight debate night in America, with Clinton and Trump going head to head in the first debate of the presidential campaign. Who’ll win? Who’ll lose? We’ll be liveblogging the whole thing. Join us.

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