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EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #JOBS: The unemployment rate is close to dipping below 10%, with new figures today placing it at 10.1%. However, the Tánaiste has warned that it is ‘still far too high’.

2. #EXPLOSIVE: Gardaí are dealing with a bomb scare after a member of the public brought a device to Mullingar Garda Station. It is believed they found the device and brought it to the gardaí.

3. #UNITED KINGDOM: The stepbrother of Becky Watts and his girlfriend are being questioned by police in England on suspicion of murder after the discovery of body parts yesterday.

4. #KILLINEY: The deadline for solicitor Brian O’Donnell to leave his home has passed.

5. #BUBBLE: A former advisor to Brian Lenihan has told the banking inqury that the ‘lethal expansion’ of the Irish property market could have been avoided.

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