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

1. #WAR: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland will not be getting involved in the US plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

2.#PUBS: Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has not ruled out the possibility of allowing pubs to temporarily extend their opening hours for the World Cup if the Republic of Ireland qualifies. 

3. #IRA: Gerry Adams may have “spectacularly deluded” himself into thinking he was not in the Provisional IRA by virtue of his leadership role, the British High Court has heard.

4. #KINAHAN CARTEL: Senior Kinahan Cartel member Sean McGovern, who last summer became the first person to be extradited to Ireland from the United Arab Emirates, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a criminal organisation.

5. #WEST BANK: Palestinian children have recounted seeing Israeli occupation forces killing their parents and siblings. 

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