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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. #UKRAINE The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ office has said it wants to send a team to Izyum to verify Ukrainian allegations that a mass grave had been found after recapturing the city from Russia.
2. #ESB DIVIDENDS Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Irish Government “can look forward to a much higher dividend” from ESB as its after-tax profits have tripled in the first half of the year, with plans to use that money to assist with sky-high energy prices.
3. #HOUSING CRISIS The French Embassy in Ireland has warned new arrivals, including students, of a severe housing crisis, saying that people may struggle to find accommodation.
4. #HENAN FIRE A fire engulfed a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha today, with authorities saying that no casualties had yet been found.
5. #GARDA CORRUPTION The Justice Minister, Helen McEntee, has secured approval to publish an action plan to counter the threat of internal corruption within An Garda Síochána.
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