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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. #ALAN SHATTER: The former justice minister has said the contents of the Guerin report should be eradicated from public record, after a Court of Appeal ruled the report’s “seriously damaging” conclusions were reached “in breach of fair procedures”.

2. #MEDICAL CANNABIS: Vera Twomey, a mother who has been campaigning to get her daughter access to medicinal cannabis has made it to Tipperary as she continues her 260km walk from Cork to the Dáil to highlight the case.

3. #FRANCE: The European Parliament has lifted French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s immunity from prosecution over her tweeting of images of Islamic State atrocities.

4. #SOCIAL HOUSING: The Simon Communities have said there are 27 empty houses for every one person in emergency accommodation in Ireland.

5. #GALWAY: The Charities Regulator has launched an investigation into the Solas-Galway Picture Palace Teoranta, a long-mooted cinema project in the centre of Galway city.