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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. #ROTUNDA: Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she’s “deeply disappointed” by a decision to deny the Rotunda Hospital planning permission to build a critical care unit for women and infants.

2. #NATIONS LEAGUE: Calls have been issued for the FAI to boycott football matches against Israel in the Uefa Nations League, but the Taoiseach has insisted the games should go ahead.

3. #WEATHER WARNING: Dublin City Council urged motorists not to drive through floods, as it monitors elevated river levels following “exceptionally heavy rainfall” overnight.

4. #LIMERICK: Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy condemned yesterday’s “shocking and worrying” arson attack on the city’s mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre.

5. #UK: Palestine Action won a case against being proscribed as a terror organisation – but the ban against them remains, said the UK High Court.

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