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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. #TIPPERARY: A woman and a teenage girl have been arrested as part of the investigation into the serious assault of Scarlett Faulkner in Co Tipperary that left her in critical condition.

2. #PRICE WARS: Retailers Lidl, Tesco, Supervalu and Centra are reducing the cost of a number of their own-brand dairy products from today.

3. #ÓLE ÓLE ÓLE: Ahead of Ireland’s crunch World Cup play-off this evening, you can follow all the build up to the game on our liveblog.

4. #GET UP TO SPEED: On the same note, here’s everything you need to know about the match, including what happens if we win. 

5. #SCHOOL DINNERS: The Hot School Meals Programme should be rolled out to post-primary schools as a matter of “urgent priority”, according to the Joint Committee on Education and Youth

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