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GOOD EVENING

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

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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #THIS IS NOT A DRILL: US President Donald Trump has said military plans to deal with North Korea are “locked and loaded”.

2. #GOOD NEWS: Dublin City Council has announced that toll charges on the East Link Bridge will be reduced from next week.

3. #RISING TIDES: Climate change is having a dramatic impact on the timing of floods across European countries including Ireland, say researchers at Maynooth.

4. #HUMAN RIGHTS: A UN committee has criticised the government for its failure to independently investigate allegations of ill-treatment at Magdalene Laundries.

5. #SNOOPING: Nine gardaí have faced official disciplinary action over the misuse of the Pulse computer system and other information systems this year.