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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #HATE CRIME: A woman in Derry was slashed in the face in a sectarian attack after she refused to give a man a cigarette

2. #HARD QUESTIONS: Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was asked if he “had blood on his hands” from years of being at the helm of the republican movement in a 60 Minutes interview

3. #WAITING GAME: The CSO has been delaying the release of detailed crime statistics because of concerns that gardaí have been under-reporting offences

4. #REFORM SCHOOL: About half of all young teachers are faced with the ‘bleak reality’ of temporary or part-time work, unions say

5. #FALSE CLAIMS: Rolling Stone has been forced into an embarrassing retraction over an article which carried now-discredited allegations of a US frathouse gang rape