The 5 at 5: Tuesday

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By Michelle Hennessy Tuesday 6 Jan 2015, 4:55 PM

Jan 6th 2015, 4:55 PM 7,893 Views 2 Comments

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EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #HOSPITAL CRISIS: Numbers of people on hospital trollies have hit a records high, nurses at Beaumont are going on a work-to-rule and a HSE manager was asked eight times whether Irish hospitals are safe.

2. #MURDER: A man in Antrim was dragged from his h ome and shot dead last night. A woman and four children were in the house with him at the time.

3. #BEWLEY’S: The iconic Grafton Street café in Dublin is going to close for six months, leaving 140 staff without jobs.

4. #REBOOT IRELAND: Eddie Hobbs told TheJournal.ie that thousands of people have expressed interest in Lucinda Creighton’s new political party.

5. #CHEAP BOOZE: A Dublin pub night was slammed for targeting welfare recipients and the bar has been told to remove the Department of Social Protection logo from its ad.

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