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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #TO THE RIGHT: There was broad agreement at Fianna Fáil’s parliamentary party meeting today that MEP Brian Crowley has effectively expelled himself.

2. #RYANAIR: Five passengers on a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Barcelona have been injured after they say they were “catapulted” from their seats when they hit some severe turbulence.

3. #MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES: The Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced approval for legislation that will support survivors of Magdalene laundries.

4. #PORN: Pornography is no longer the biggest worry for parents as regards to their children’s safety online.

5. #DEATH ROW: A Sudanese woman who was given a death sentence for apostasy has been re-arrested at Khartoum airport a day after a court annulled her sentence and released her from prison.