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

1. #FRANCE: President Francois Hollande has insisted “France is at war” as the country continues to deal with the aftermath of the terror attacks in Paris last Friday night which left 132 people dead and hundreds injured. Meanwhile, Islamic State has allegedly warned that Washington could face a similar onslaught.

2. #PARIS: An Irishman who was injured when gunmen opened fire on concert-goers at the Bataclan in Paris on Friday night is in a stable condition in hospital after undergoing surgery at the weekend.

3. #COURT: A retired member of the Defence Forces has been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court after he killed a prostitute whose body was found in a bog nine days after she went missing.

4. #DONEGAL: The two-year jail term imposed on a man whose dangerous driving caused the deaths of eight people in Donegal five years ago was “unduly lenient”, the Court of Appeal has found.

5. #ROBBERIES: Gardaí are investigating after several cars outside two GAA clubs were broken into in the space of an hour.