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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. #LEGAL CHALLENGE: An application for a judicial review against the planned Luas extension to Finglas in north-west Dublin city has been filed at the High Court.

2. #UKRAINE: EU leaders have struck a deal to provide Ukraine a loan of €90 billion to plug its looming budget shortfalls – but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.

3. #LOUTH: The M1 northbound between Junction 7 at Julianstown and Junction 8 at Duleek is completely closed following a five-vehicle collision.

4. #COURTS: The High Court has dismissed cases taken by two opposition TDs over so-called ‘super junior ministers’ attending Cabinet meetings. 

5. #THE LATE SHOW: Ryan Tubridy is abandoning his weekday mid-morning show on Virgin Radio UK to take on new projects.

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