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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. #MEDITERRANEAN: The LÉ Niamh has arrived in Sicily carrying 367 people along with 25 migrants who died attempting to make the crossing. More than 200 individuals are feared dead from yesterday’s capsizing incident.

2. #GARDAÍ: The Gardaí have arrested and charged 117 disqualified drivers under new powers that they were given in June of this year.  

3. #ÁRAS ATTRACTA: The care home in Mayo faces immediate closure unless urgent changes are made. 

4. #FRAUD: Members of the public have been duped out of thousands of euro by fraudsters in an elaborate new phone scam. 

5. #HIROSHIMA: It has been 70 years to the day since the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, an incident that was followed three days later by the bombing of Nagasaki.