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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. #RIP: The funeral of 4-year-old Tadgh Farrell, who was killed in a fire attack on a home in Co Offaly alongside his grand-aunt Mary Holt, heard that he had a “smile that could light any room”.

2. #INVESTIGATION: Gardaí have made four arrests in Midlands Prison in connection with an alleged prison assault that is suspected of being associated with the double murder of Tadgh Farrell and Mary Holt. 

3. #INFRASTRUCTURE: Uisce Éireann is going to submit a planning application next week for the largest-ever water project in Irish history.

4. #COST OF LIVING: People began queueing for Christmas vouchers from the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin at 10pm last night, over eight hours before the vouchers were given out this morning.

5. #RAIN RAIN GO AWAY: Half of the country is set to come under Status Yellow weather warnings for rain over the weekend.

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