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GOOD EVENING

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

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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #HOUSING SUMMIT: The Taoiseach says that local authority staff are casting doubt on official CSO statistics concerning the number of vacant properties around the country.

2. #HURRICANE IRMA: The massive Caribbean hurricane has left at least 15 people dead en route to Florida, where 500,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes.

3. #MISMANAGED: Almost two-thirds of Irish people believe An Garda Síochána is not well-managed, according to an in-house survey.

4. #ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR: Dublin Bus has reached an agreement with some of its drivers over such behaviour being experienced by certain routes in Tallaght.

5. #IAN PAISLEY JR: The prominent unionist politician is to refer himself to Westminster’s standards office over a newspaper article that alleged he did not declare gifts received.

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