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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock.
EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you a round-up of five of the biggest news stories of the day so far.
1. #EMERGENCY Dublin Fire Brigade and other emergency services are responding to an incident near Capel Street in Dublin city centre.
2. #STRIKE The Taoiseach said that Northern Ireland’s striking public service workers have not gotten the pay increases “they should have” because of the collapsed Assembly.
3. #GAZA Israeli ground troops killed dozens of militants in “close-quarters combat” today, the army said, as it intensified operations in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza’s biggest city.
4. #HOUSING Only 33 properties were eligible to rent under the Government’s Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) across 16 local authority areas in Ireland in December, a report found.
5. #ICY WEATHER A Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning is in place for Ireland as temperatures are to plummet as low as -5 degrees tonight.
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