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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #PERJURY A Dublin couple named as witnesses in a failed civil court rape appeal by Conor McGregor are to stand trial, accused of perjury. Samantha O’Reilly and Steven Cummins appeared before Judge Michele Finan at Dublin District Court today.

2. #DRUMCREE Tánaiste Simon Harris has said the Parades Commission – who made the decision to allow the Orange Order to march down Garvaghy Road – “got this extraordinarily wrong”.

3. #DENNIS HASKINS US actor Dennis Haskins who played principal Richard Belding in the hit sitcom Saved By The Bell has died aged 75.

4. #JAIL TERM Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school-age children. 

5. #ZUCKERBERG Three GAA clubs in west Waterford are “delighted” by the announcement they will receive a donation totalling €150,000 from tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.

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