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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #GROUP OF DEATH: Junior Minister Aodhán Ó Riordáin is the latest Labour electoral casualty after a marathon count in Dublin Bay North.

2. #NEARLY THERE: There are two counts still ongoing, Longford-Westmeath and Dublin South Central, with the latter possibly heading for the courts.

3. #GANGLAND: Investigations are ongoing into the shooting dead of Vinny Ryan, brother of murdered Republican dissident Alan Ryan.

4. #CALAIS: Chaos broke out in the French migrant camp at Calais as police with bulldozers tried to force refugees out of the ‘Jungle’ .

5. #WIRELESS: Dublin Bus drivers are objecting to new rules preventing them from listening to FM radios.