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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #STRIKE: Over 500 schools across the country were closed today as teachers from the ASTI union took to the streets in a dispute over pay parity.

2. #EIR: Former State telecoms company Eir is set to be taken over by its largest shareholder, the US private equity firm Anchorage Capital Group.

3. #REPEAL: A bill calling for a referendum on the Eighth Amendment has been blocked in the Dáil.

4. #CALAIS: Dozens of migrants are scrambling to find a way out of the Calais camp as diggers begin tearing down the last remaining shelters.

5. #DRUGS: A new report has shown how pure seized samples of illegal drugs are in Ireland.