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

1. #DEPOSIT: First-time buyers will no longer need to have a deposit of 20% on properties above a certain value.

2. #OLD BAILEY: A man in his 50s has been found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox last summer.

3. #ON THE RISE: The number of homeless children in Dublin has doubled since last year.

4. #HERE ‘TIL 2017: Jurors at the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick have been told they’ll be needed until well into next year.

5. #LUCKY ESCAPE: A woman was seriously injured after she was knocked down by a truck in Dublin this morning.

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