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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. #IRAN: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has joined dozens of world leaders in condemning the “repression of citizens and protesters” in Iran, as the death toll in nationwide protests has risen to at least 544

2. #IRANIANS IN IRELAND: The Journal spoke to two Iranian women who live in Ireland, who said that they have been following the protest movement with a mixture of fear for their friends and family and hope that the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be about to fall

 3. #DAA: The DAA (Ireland’s state-owned airport authority which manages Dublin and Cork Airports) has committed to pausing the disciplinary investigation against suspended DAA chief Kenny Jacobs until a court hearing takes place, the High Court has heard

4. #KERRY GOLD: Jessie Buckley was named best female actor at the Golden Globes last night for her role in Hamnet

5. #COURTS: A young Brazilian woman was strangled to death by her ex boyfriend after she went to his apartment in Cork city so that they could make a FaceTime call back home to see their pet dog to whom they were “very attached,” a murder trial has hard

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