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

1. #RULING: The High Court has refused an attempt by a Dublin family to stop the repossession of their Killiney home.

2. #KILLER: The State has begun its bid to stop Joe O’Reilly attempting to have his conviction for murder ruled a miscarriage of justice.

3. #INVESTIGATION: The family of missing Bristol teenager Becky Watts say they are devastated by the news that police searching for the 16-year-old girl have found body parts.

4. #REVOKED: Disgraced TV star Rolf Harris has been stripped of his CBE.

5. #WHAT THE: This picture of a weasel ’riding’ a woodpecker has been steadily breaking the internet today.

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