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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #DRUGS: Drugs Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has backed the decriminalisation of possession of small amounts of drugs.

2. #METROJET: A senior official at the Russian airline whose flight crashed on Saturday in Egypt says it could not have been a technical fault.

3. #ULSTER SAYS NO: Same-sex marriage won a vote in Northern Ireland today, but was vetoed shortly after.

4. #JOBSTOWN: Anti Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy appeared in court today charged with falsely imprisoning Tánaiste Joan Burton and one of her advisers.

5. #ABUSE: A man who raped and sexually abused his daughter when she was a young girl has been jailed for seven years.