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The 5 at 5: Tuesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you five things to know before you head out the door…

1. #BUDGET 2012: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has confirmed that the Government will “revisit” cuts to disability allowance outlined in the Budget, as opposition to the proposal mounted. Earlier today Finance Minister Michael Noonan had acknowledged the issue was “worth looking at again”.

2. #EU TREATY: International measures to tackle the eurozone debt crisis could be possible without a new EU Treaty, Enda Kenny has insisted. It’s thought the proposals could be adopted using a protocol which would avoid the need for an Irish referendum.

3. #FOOD SAFETY: The flagship restaurant of chef Seamus O’Connell has been shut down over safety concerns. The Ivory Tower in Cork city – once lauded by the New York Times – was among six restaurants closed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

4. #FOURTH TIME LUCKY: Sinéad O’Connor will marry for a fourth time tomorrow – tying the knot with fiancé Barry Herridge. The singer said she was a “very happy girl” ahead of the ceremony.

5. #SECURITY FLAW: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen photos from his private album distributed over the internet after a security flaw in the social network was exposed. The pictures show Zuckerberg making sushi, posing with his long-term girlfriend, and holding up a chicken by its legs.

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  • Tuesday?

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  • This government are a shower of spineless liars. DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE “disability” backlash from back benchers.This was a well orchestrated bit of spin designed to fool the people in thinking that our government care’s for us.This is just another case of making things out to be really bad just like the leaks about the €10 child support cut, and when its not introduced or like the disability cut, roll back this government thinks we will not see passed the spin and lies. How anyone with any bit of moral fiber and a salary of €150,000 thinks this budget is fair.And now a treaty change with out a referendum!!!! there’s something not right here!

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    • Google Endas Kennys ‘European Peoples Party’…Then look who have sat beside him every month for the past 35 years. Sarcozy, Angela Merkel, Barroso, Herman van Rompuy. The EPP now has 16 out of the 27 heads of State or Government in the European Council. WAKE UP IRISH PEOPLE….FFS WAKE UP!!

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  • If you feel that your local Fine Gael councilar, TD or Senator are failing in their duties, simply write about your concerns to their new HQ at:- Fine Gael/CDU, Klingelhoererstrasse 8, 10785 Berlin, Germany. One can still send to the old address at:- 51 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, and they will forward on your correspondence to Berlin.

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