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

1. #SCHOOLS: The government will this evening unveil the plans and supports for the reopening of schools across the country.

2. #PUP: Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has defended the government’s decision to cease social welfare payments for those who have travelled abroad for non-essential purposes.

3. #BALLYFERMOT: A man in his 50s has died following a shooting in Dublin.

4. #HOMELESSNESS: Dublin City Council has said that the tragic deaths of five homeless people in the capital over the past week is “an unprecedentedly high number”.

5. #DELIVERED: Amazon has announced that it is to create another 1,000 jobs in Ireland over the next two years.

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