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GOOD EVENING

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. #PRICE HIKES SSE Airtricity has announced that they will be increasing the price of electricity by 35% and gas by 39% from 1 October.

2. #HOMELESSNESS There were a record number of people accessing emergency accommodation last month, with 10,568 people reported as homeless in July.

3. #NEW ZEALAND The bodies of two children who were found in suitcases earlier this month have been identified by police in New Zealand.

4. #ETHICS LAWS Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said that as part of potential reforms to ethics rules, politicians could be made declare any arrangements they have with local authorities.

5. #MIDLETON A woman in her 80s has been killed in a single car crash this morning in Midleton, Co Cork.

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