EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home.

1. #WATER PROTESTS: Paul Murphy TD has again de fended his part in Saturday’s protest in Tallaght. A protester th rown into a bollard by gardaí has also spoken out.

2. #IRISH WATER: Staff at the new utility have been told they won’t get any bonuses for this year or last year.

3. #JERUSALEM: Two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers have killed three British and American Rabbis in Israel.

4. #WITNESS PROTECTION: There was exceptionally tight security at a Dublin court today as a man previously charged with a gang murder gave evidence against three men charged with the same murder.

5. #NUPTIALS: Infamous mass murderer Charles Manson (80) has been given permission to marry 25-year-old Elaine Burton.

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