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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #ASSANGE: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has appeared in court in London after being arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy on foot of extradition warrant.

2. #BREXIT: UK Prime Minister Theresa May has told the House of Commons that if MPs want to get on with leaving the EU, they “need to start this process soon”.

3. #BORDER FOX: Former INLA man Dessie O’Hare, who was known as ‘The Border Fox’ has been jailed for seven years.

4. #RACHEL ALLEN: The teenage son of chef Rachel Allen has signed a plea of guilty to six drugs charges following his arrest last year in East Cork.

5. #MURDER: A 36-year-old woman has been jailed for 10 years for attempting to murder a civil servant walking home from work in Dublin two years ago.

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