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GOOD EVENING

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. #GALWAY: A man and a woman have been hospitalised after they were run over by a car that was “driving at speed” during a large brawl in a Galway city carpark involving multiple weapons. 

2. #FRANCE: French prosecutors have opened an investigation today after an Irish rugby supporter reported that she was raped in Bordeaux at the start of the World Cup.

3. #SCHOOLS: Minister for Education Norma Foley has signalled that she does not support the idea of a special allowance for teachers working in the capital city.

4. #PARTIES: Micheál Martin has said there is a “huge incompatibility” between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil policies, but failed to give a categorical no when asked if the two parties would enter into talks after the next general election. 

5. #MOROCCO: Ireland is to provide €2 million of Irish Aid support to the people of Morocco following the devastating earthquake on Friday night.