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GOOD EVENING

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know.

1. #IRA KILLING: Jock Davison, an ex-commander in the paramilitary organisation, has been shot dead in Belfast.

2. #PHOENIX PARK: A homeless man found in the Dublin park in 2013 had almost €150,000 in two bank accounts, a murder trial has heard.

3. #DRUGS PROBLEM: Every alley in Dublin is used for the public injection of drugs at some stage, according to Tony Duffin, director of the Ana Liffey Drug Project.

4. #DAVID GOLDBERG: It has emerged that the husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, died at the weekend after falling from a treadmill and striking his head.

5. #MAGIC BANANAS: About €15 million worth of cocaine has been found in boxes of bananas delivered to different Aldi supermarkets in Britain. It’s the second time such an incident has occurred involving Aldi in less than two years.