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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #COURTS: A man who is alleged to have raped a female friend after a night out admitted to gardaí that he may have had sex with her while he was sleep-walking.

2. #WALKING HOME: The entire Luas green line will be down for the rest of the day after a technical fault was announced at 9.30 this morning, the company has confirmed.

3. #BLUEBELL: Two brothers whose bodies were found in a Dublin house this week will be buried in their native town of Dingle this weekend.

4. #CASH-IN-TRANST: Three men have been arrested and a firearm has been recovered after gardaí foiled an armed robbery at a bank this morning in Co Meath.

5. #NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: It has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in recognition of his contribution to end the country’s 52-year civil war.