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GOOD EVENING

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #COURTS Former Group CEO of Irish Life and Permanent, Denis Casey, has been found guilty of a €7.2 billion conspiracy to defraud.

2. #GARDAÍ Gardaí will soon be able to access data from their Pulse data system on their smartphones while on the beat.

3. #CRASH A 68-year-old motorcyclist died this morning after his bike hit a ditch in Cork.

4. #ABORTION The UN has said that Ireland must compensate a woman who was forced to travel abroad to have an abortion.

5. #RESCUE Two fishermen were rescued off the coast of Cork after their trawler sank.

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