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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. #TUSLA: A review of the Child and Family Agency’s involvement with Kyran Durnin, the little boy who was reported missing last August and later presumed dead, will not be published.

2. #OVERHAUL: The Department of Public Expenditure has published a new “radical” plan that it says will speed up the delivery of infrastructure projects and address “regulatory complexity” that has compounded delays.

3. #LEIGHLINBRIDGE: A man has died after a hunting accident in Co Carlow.

4. #GO SLOW: Traffic disruption is expected in Dublin this evening as taxi drivers are holding another protest against Uber’s new fixed rates in the capital. 

5. #ENOCH BURKE: A judge has ruled that Enoch Burke will remain in prison over Christmas unless he purges his contempt of court.

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