EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #SWELTERING Ireland has recorded its hottest temperature in 135 years, with the Met Éireann measuring site at Phoenix Park topping out at 33°C at 3pm.

2. #SEX-ED Junior cycle students will be taught about the risks of sharing of sexual-based images, online pornography and how to recognise the signs of domestic and gender-based violence under a new syllabus for SPHE classes.

3. #RIP A man has died following a fire in his home in Drumcondra in Dublin.

4. #BORIS Boris Johnson is facing allegations of having already “checked out” and “clocked off” as Prime Minister after he hosted an exclusive party and took a spin in a fighter jet ahead of the extreme heatwave.

5. #FIANNA STRIFE Fianna Fáil TD John Lahart has said he does not expect Micheál Martin to lead the party into the next election.

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