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

1. #KILDARE A man in his 20s who was left in critical condition following a serious assault in Kildare on Saturday night has been pronounced dead.

2. #BEAL NA BLATH Gardaí arrested a man on suspicion of throwing an object in the direction of the Taoiseach as he was addressing the crowds at Béal na Bláth yesterday.

3. #CLONDALKIN Over €3.2 million worth of cocaine has been seized and a man has been arrested following a Garda raid on a house in Clondalkin, Co Dublin.

4. #KYIV Ireland has reopened its embassy in Kyiv after six months of remote operations due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

5. #FAUCI US President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 adviser Dr Anthony Fauci announced today that he plans to step down in December.

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