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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 stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #STILL A CRISIS There are 142 people sleeping rough in the capital, according to official figures.

2. #RAILLY GOOD NEWS Late night DART and Dundalk and Maynooth commuter services are back on the weekends in the run-up to Christmas.

3. #RADIO NO NO Broadcasting watchdog upholds complaint made against station after a caller made a number of offensive comments on-air about special needs children.

4. #STOP OGLING KELLY Former Environment Minister Alan Kelly and union leader Brendan Ogle hit out at each other on live radio over water charges today.

5. #YOU’RE FIRED Donald Trump said he will leave his businesses “in total” so he can “fully focus” on the job of running the country.