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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #ATTACK: A convicted paedophile has been given eight life sentences for raping his girlfriend before breaking into her mother’s house and raping her three days later.

2. #MINORITY REPORT: TDs and senators from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil met today to discuss a deal reached by their parties on a Fine Gael-led minority government.

3. #CRITICAL: A cyclist is in a critical condition after colliding with a pedestrian in the Phoenix Park in Dublin last night.

4. #DEAN FITZPATRICK: A jury has heard the closing arguments in the court case of David Mahon, who is charged with murdering Dean Fitzpatrick, the brother of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick.

5. #FLUSHED: Public toilets in the centre of Dublin that had operated for more than 100 years have been demolished to make way for the Luas Cross City project.

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