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GOOD EVENING

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING,TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #SHOOTING: A man in his 40s was shot dead in the Dublin suburb of Ballymun this morning.

2. #PROTEST: More than 3,000 protesters marched in Dublin today calling on the Government to change its wind energy policy.

3. #PISTORIUS: Oscar Pistorius finished giving evidence at his murder trial in South Africa.

4. #AND ITS LIVE: GAA bosses faced an Oireachtas committee about the Sky TV deal.

5. #GEOGRAPHY: The Daily Telegraph chose 20 books they consider to be the best ‘British’ novels of all time – three of which are by Irish authors.