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

LAST UPDATE | 20 Dec 2024

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

1. #WIND: Status Yellow wind warnings will come into place across the west coast over the weekend, with a similar warning in place across Northern Ireland.

2. #MURDER: Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell today became the fourth person to be found guilty of the murder of Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s nephew Gareth Hutch in an ambush in Dublin eight years ago, following a verdict by the Special Criminal Court.

3. #PALESTINE: The first group of children from Palestine to receive healthcare in Ireland have arrived today.

4. #DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Gardaí held a public briefing today which detailed increases in domestic abuse calls and more reports of abuse in religious order schools.

5. #LEO VARADKAR: The public ethics watchdog Sipo has for a second time ruled out a formal investigation into Leo Varadkar leaking a GP contract while Taoiseach.

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