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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. #FRESH START: Having left the Social Democrats, Stephen Donnelly is joining Fianna Fáil and will be their new Brexit spokesperson.

2. #DEEPLY INTEGRATED: The UK government published its long-awaited white paper on Brexit, with its relationship with Ireland forming a key part of the document.

3. #COURTS: Gardaí never investigated the destruction of documents in the investigation of alleged crimes by former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick.

4. #DUMB: US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have debated over a refugee deal struck between the two countries in November.

5. #JNLR: The latest radio figures are out – and we’ve sifted through the listenership numbers behind Ireland’s biggest radio shows.

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