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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 news stories of the day so far.
1. #RIP Charlie Bird, former RTÉ journalist and charity campaigner, died at the age of 74.
2. #WEATHER WARNING People living in areas that are low-lying or prone to flooding in Cork have been urged to take precautions ahead of a Status Orange rain warning tomorrow.
3. #BOYCOTTING The Department of Foreign affairs has said it “supports artists’ rights to freedom of expression” after a number of acts pulled out of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in the US over military sponsorship.
4. #INQUIRY Convicted sex offender Kenneally has told a State inquiry that he admitted to abusing six boys when he met with senior gardaí the 1980s before being released.
5. #DEPOSIT-RETURN More than 5.6 million drinks containers have been collected through the deposit-return scheme since it began on 1 February.
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