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GOOD EVENING

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

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #GANGLAND SHOOTINGS: Two garda investigations are continuing today following the killing of two men in separate attacks in Dublin last night.

2. #JFT96: An inquest jury has ruled that the 96 Liverpool supporters who died in the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy were unlawfully killed.

3. #NORWAY: The Norwegian state is to appeal a court ruling that mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik’s solitary confinement in prison constitutes “inhuman” treatment.

4. #GE16: Government formation talks are expected to resume in Trinity College this afternoon, 60 days after the general election.

5. #TRIAL: The girlfriend of the late Dean Fitzpatrick has told a court that his stepfather threatened to stab her in the neck on the day before he is alleged to have stabbed the 23-year-old to death.