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GOOD EVENING

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

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

#POWER VACUUM: Halting efforts to form a government are believed to be entering the “end game” as Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil meet to talk about forming a minority government.

#KATHRYN SMITH: In England, a judge has sentenced a woman to 24 years in prison for murdering her 21 month-old daughter.

#RIP: Melinda Rose Woodward, the wife of singer Tom Jones, has died. “Surrounded by her husband and loved ones, she passed away peacefully,” a statement on the star’s website said. They had been married for 59 years.

#TRANSPORT PLAN: Dozens of bus routes could be diverted from College Green in Dublin as part of new traffic management proposals published today.

#RESCUE: And video footage has been released of a dramatic rescue last night in which three fishermen were saved from a sinking trawler.