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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #TRIBUNALS A COMIN’: The latest twist in the Maurice McCabe saga has seen Enda Kenny declare that a tribunal of inquiry will be established into the alleged smear campaign against the Garda sergeant.

2. #NOT ADVISED: A man who attended a job interview with Manchester Police while drunk got arrested for drink driving.

3. #KUALA LUMPUR: The half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been ‘assassinated in Malaysia by poison needles’.

4. #TESCO: Striking workers at Tesco outlets around the country say they’re in it for the long haul.

5. #NOT ADVISED 2: An Irish rugby fan in Rome last weekend was arrested after attempting to ‘grab a soldier’s machine gun’.

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The 5 at 5 A tribunal into the alleged Maurice McCabe smear campaign has been announced – it’s the Five at Five.

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