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

1. #HOSEPIPE: Irish Water is lifting the hosepipe ban that was put in place on 9 June this evening following recent heavy rainfall.

2. #ARRESTS: Gardaí have arrested three people over the 2015 murders of Willie Maughan and Ana Varslavane.

3. #DEBENHAMS: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that Debenhams has treated its Irish workers “very badly”.

4. #GREENS: Minister Catherine Martin has said that the Green Party junior ministerial appointments were a “missed opportunity to promote women”.

5. #DEPP: Johnny Depp has accused his ex-wife of “building a dossier” from early in their relationship as an “insurance policy for later”.

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