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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 before you head out the door.

1. #INQUIRY: The family, whose story was outlined in a Prime Time special on Portlaoise hospital, say they want an independent inquiry into the death of their son.

2. #FLOODS: Met Eireann has issued a status orange weather warning and more flood warnings as an Atlantic storm makes its way to Irish shores. Minister Howlin says something has to be done about long-term flood defences.

3. #ATM: Some Bank of Ireland cards are to be blocked from AIB machines because the cards aren’t “internationally branded”.

4. #PARENTAGE: The Supreme Court has heard that the presence or absence of genetic links through DNA is the ultimate proof of parentage, according to RTÉ.

5. #SHATTERED: Part of a glass roof fell in on an RTÉ building today, thankfully no one was injured in the incident.