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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. #PALESTINE: The National Union of Journalists has condemned Israel’s killing of journalists at a hospital in Gaza yesterday and demanded the country halt its “war on truth”. 

2. #INSURANCE: VHI is set to increase the cost of its health insurance plans by an average of 3% from October.

3. #EMIGRATION: The number of people leaving Ireland to live in Australia has reached its highest level since 2013. 

4. #TRADE WARS: The EU has asserted the “sovereign right” to regulate the activities of tech giants within the bloc and rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that its rules unfairly harm US firms.

5. #SOCCER: The Irish men’s football squad has been named for the opening round of the World Cup qualifiers. 

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