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GOOD EVENING

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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #MIGRANTS: Five people were found in a shipping container in Wexford on Sunday night.

2. #JOBBRIDGE: Minister Leo Varadkar has announced that as of Friday there will be no more JobBridge placements offered.

3. #PUBLIC PAY: Government ministers said they would not take a €4,000 pay hike next year.

4. #ORGANISED CRIME: Gardaí have raided 20 premises around Dublin as part of a major search operation.

5. #WIKI WIFI: Wikileaks has accused the Ecuadorean embassy of cutting off internet access to Julian Assange under orders of the US government.