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GOOD EVENING

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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #WEATHER: Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow fog warning for the entire country, as thousands of people begin their journey home for Christmas. 

2. #BREXIT: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit Withdrawal Bill has passed the House of Commons.

3. #HARRY DUNN: A US suspect granted diplomatic immunity after a crash which killed teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

4. #STABBING: An asylum seeker who claimed he was fighting for Isis and was found not guilty of murdering a Japanese man by reason of insanity has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital.

5. #SEIZED: Gardaí have seized suspected cocaine worth an estimated €160,000 during a search operation in Co Kildare.