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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #ROB REINER: Nick Reiner, the son of film director Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle, has been arrested after the couple were found dead in their home in the early hours of this morning.

2. #BONDI BEACH: A Holocaust survivor and a local rabbi were named as being among 15 people killed in a mass shooting that targeted a Jewish celebration on Australia’s Bondi Beach.

3. #SEÁM MCKIERNAN: A former Fine Gael councillor and cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council has been jailed in relation to theft of money from a mental health housing charity.

4. #NEWSTALK: Newstalk has announced a major shakeup to its daytime schedule with Anton Savage to replace Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman as the host of Newstalk Breakfast.

5. #JIM GAVIN: Three veteran Fianna Fáil TDs have said the review into the party’s disastrous presidential election campaign should be published “immediately”.

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