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Evening Wrap
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. #HOT SEAT: Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen, who is back in front of the banking inquiry today, said he played golf with Seán FitzPatrick, but they didn’t discuss Anglo.
2. #NO BENEFIT: Britain announced a rash of spending cuts, including only paying child benefit for two children.
3. #JAIL: A new survey found a substantial proportion of people did not know it is a crime to get an abortion when a woman’s life is not at risk.
4. #BALTIMORE: The mother of Barry Davis Ryan has spoken of her hope that her son’s body will be recovered so he can be given a proper burial.
5. #GREECE: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the European Parliament that his country was turned into an “austerity laboratory” but that the experiment did not work.
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