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

1. #BALLYBOUGHAL: Gardaí in north Dublin have launched a murder investigation after a man’s body was found in a ditch.

2. #PRIDE: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is to meet with DUP leader Arlene Foster ahead of Belfast’s Pride parade. He’s also been asked about the Eighth Amendment at a talk at Queen’s University.

3. #MEATH: Gardaí have said a shooting at a housing estate in Stamullen is not gangland-related and that the victim was not known to gardaí before the incident.

4. #DOUBLE WHAMMY: Drivers have been warned that if they’re caught for minor road offences, they will also be breathalysed for drink driving.

5. #SWITZERLAND: A plane has crashed at a Swiss summer camp, killing two 14-year-old campers and the pilot.

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