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

1. #DONEGAL: A man is set to be charged over the 2006 murder of former Sinn Féin official and IRA double agent Denis Donaldson.

2. #THE ORPHANAGE: The decision to rename a former children’s institution in Dublin that’s been turned into a co-living space as ‘The Orphanage’ has prompted outrage.

3. #SWORDS ROAD: Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for witnesses following a hit-and-run incident in Malahide in which a teenager was injured.

4. #PONGY: The EPA is warning that plumes will continue to appear in Dublin Bay until an upgrade to the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant is complete.

5. #LONDON: A baby that was delivered prematurely at eight months after his pregnant mother was stabbed to death in London has died.

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