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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. #SPINAL SURGERIES: The HSE has widened a review into a surgeon who performed spinal surgeries on children at Temple Street Children’s Hospital to cover more surgeries performed by the consultant

2. #CANADA: Nine people were killed and dozens were injured after a shooter opened fire at a secondary school and residence in a remote part of western Canada yesterday

3. #ICE DETENTION: An official in the Trump administration has said that the Irishman being detained by ICE, Seamus Culleton, is an “illegal alien” who “failed to depart” the US after his visa expired

4. #STAKEKNIFE: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has named Freddie Scappaticci in the Dáil as the former British army agent referred to as ‘Stakeknife’

5. #DALKEY: Broadcaster Pat Kenny and his wife Kathy and their neighbours have won their long-running battle against plans to construct a five-storey, 104-unit nursing home on lands in Dalkey

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