EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things you should know before you head out the door.

1. #BOMB: A car bomb placed in the Jamaica Street area of Belfast partially exploded after being left there overnight. Hundreds were evacuated from the area. Dissidents are being blamed.

2. #MISSING: A search has been launched for a lobster fisherman who went missing off the coast of Wexford. His vessel was found earlier near Kilmore Quay.

3. #SLAVERY: One of the suspects in the London investigation is six years older than first thought, it emerged. The couple at the centre of the case have been linked with 13 properties in the city.

4. #MICROSOFT: The Tech giant has announced 95 new jobs at its Dublin office. There were also a number of smaller jobs announcements.

5. #SHAMEFUL: An Australian who was riding a motorcycle around the world had his Yamaha stolen just hours after arriving in Dublin. He had completed 30,000 kilometres of his journey.

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The 5 at 5 All the latest on the car bomb explosion in Belfast, the search for a missing Wexford fisherman, and new developments in the London slavery case.

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