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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. #CRESTON AVENUE:  Five people, including three teenagers under the age of 18, have been hospitalised following an arson attack on a house in Finglas, Co Dublin.

2. #SEARCHES: Gardaí have seized cash, vapes and drugs worth over €700,000 in separate raids in counties Carlow and Limerick.

3. #COLD SNAP: A Status Yellow snow and ice warning is in effect from 12am to 10pm Friday for counties Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone.

4. #RIP: Isiah Whitlock Jr, an actor best known for playing Clay Davis in The Wire, has died at the age of 71.

5. #HUNGRY FLYERS: Figures released by the DAA show that passengers travelling through Dublin Airport this year ate a full Irish breakfast every 50 seconds on average.

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