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

1. #WHISTEBLOWERS: Justice Minister Alan Shatter has apologised to former garda John Wilson and Sergeant Maurice McCabe. “It was never my intention to cause any upset,” he said of remarks made in the Dáil that the whistleblowers did not cooperate with investigations.

2. #GARDAGATE: The Taoiseach has revealed that a civil servant was sent to inform the former Garda Commission of the impending investigation into taped calls at garda stations on Monday evening. Follow all the latest developments on our Live Blog.

3. #MH370: “The most credible lead” so far in the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight was found. A French satellite has spotted over a hundred objects in the Indian ocean.

4. HOLLIERS: New figures have shown that trips to Ireland were up 11 per cent between December 2013 and January 2014 compared with the same period the previous year. The Transport Minister called it “positive momentum generated by The Gathering”.

5. JUNIOR CERT: The ASTI voted in favour of industrial action in protest against the new Junior Cycle Student Award. The action will consist of non-cooperation with certain aspects of the curriculum.