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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #ALAN KELLY: The Labour party, which helped bring in water charges, now wants all those who paid their bills to be refunded by Irish Water.

2. #RETAIL: 1,400 jobs are at risk after Debenhams Ireland formally applied for examinership.

3. #ABORTION STANCE: Newly-appointed Minister for Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe, has said there will be a referendum on abortion “in the coming years”.

4. #CLEANING UP: A Dublin man came across a winning €500,000 Euromillions ticket after his wife told him to clean up a pile of old receipts and Lotto tickets.

5. #HOLDING OFF Strikes that were set to take place at more than 70 Tesco stores around the country have been suspended.

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Isabel Hayes

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