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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. #RAIN WARNING: Met Éireann issued a rainfall warning for counties Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, and Wexford. The status yellow warning comes into effect from midnight tonight and will remain in place for 24 hours. 

2. #SCRAMBLERS: Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien will hold a meeting with the Taoiseach and the Justice Minister on introducing regulations that would restrict the use of scrambler motorbikes.

3. #SIX NATIONS: Ireland centre Bundee Aki is set to miss out on involvement in his side’s Six Nations opener against France in Paris next week. It’s understood Aki is not with Ireland at their pre-Six Nations training camp due to a disciplinary matter arising from Connacht’s clash with Leinster last weekend.

4. #TECH LAYOFFS: Amazon said it is cutting 16,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring announced in October, when the e-commerce giant flagged plans to cut its workforce by 14,000 posts.

5. #INSURANCE INCREASE: VHI Insurance announced another price increase in premiums, the third in twelve months.

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