EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #THE NEW BOSSES: The new programme for government has just been published – and its key vow is to create a more equal and fair society. We’ll have full coverage on the site throughout the evening, but here’s a taster of what’s in it.

2. #THE O’HIGGINS REPORT: Victims were ‘not well served’ by gardaí in the Cavan-Monaghan division between 2007 and 2008, the O’Higgins Commission has concluded. The long-awaited report was released at midday today.

3. #CHORUS OF PROTEST: Former residents of a homeless hostel in Dublin are calling for it to be kept open. 16 people staged a protest at the Thomas St facility overnight.

4. #LUAS STRIKE: Six more days of action will take place in June, Siptu has confirmed. Here are the details.

5. #ATTACK: UK security services have raised the threat level for an attack from Northern Ireland-based Republican dissidents to “substantial”, for the first time in five years.