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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 biggest stories of the day.

1. #TESTIMONY: Former FBI Director James Comey has begun his strong testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

2. #BURNING ISSUE: 11 staff were hospitalised at the Poolbeg incinerator this afternoon, ringsend locals met the news that with a mixture of concern and anger.

3. #FOOD STANDARDS: A pub kitchen closed following an outbreak of salmonella in north Dublin last month is among eight closure and prohibition orders issued by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in May.

4. #IN GOOD COMPANY: Trinity College Dublin is the only Irish university to make it into the top 100, but there were small gains for our colleges in the QS World University Rankings 2018.

5. #IRISH SUMMER: There will be rain in many parts of the country today, with Cork and Kerry expected to be worst affected.