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Evening Wrap
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. #FULL MOON HALF MOON: Millions of people in Ireland and across Europe are preparing to witness a solar eclipse this evening – you can follow all the latest on our liveblog.
2. #ARDMORE: A man was rescued from a boat off the coast of Waterford on Tuesday after suffering a shark bite while on board.
3. #HOT SPELL: Temperatures have reached 30 degrees in parts of the east after a status yellow heat warning came into effect this morning.
4. #LIMERICK: Alison Chawke has been released from prison after serving 28 days of her sentence for her part in an assault on two men at a luxury Limerick hotel in 2023.
5. #NEW RULES: Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest will no longer be allowed to host the event if an armed conflict or a “sensitive” geopolitical situation is affecting their state or neighbouring countries.
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