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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. #SCALLY INQUIRY: Dr Gabriel Scally has said “substantial progress” has been achieved in the CervicalCheck programme, as he published a report into the implementation of recommendations from the 2018 report into the CervicalCheck scandal.

2. #UKRAINIAN REFUGEES: Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman is set to meet with East Wall residents’ groups following protests against the housing of refugees at an old ESB building in the area.

3. #REGENCY TRIAL: The Regency Hotel murder trial has heard a recording of ex-Sinn Féin Councillor Jonathan Dowdall tell Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch that the accused’s “best move” was the “particular yokes used”, in what the prosecution alleges is a reference to the three AK-47 assault rifles used by the gunmen who murdered Kinahan Cartel member David Byrne.

4. #STARDUST FIRE: Fresh inquests into the Stardust nightclub fire will not begin before April 2023, a pre-inquest hearing heard this afternoon.

5. #CHARGED: A third man charged with violent disorder and “viciously” assaulting two gardai in Ballyfermot in Dublin has been refused bail.