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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you the five biggest stories of the day.
1. #CORONAVIRUS Health officials confirmed 20,1110 cases of Covid-19 today, with 682 people with the virus in hospital, including 86 in ICU.
2. #NEW YEAR The world has started ringing in the New Year as early timezones turn over their calendars to 2022.
3. #GAEILGE Irish will be recognised as a full status official language of the European Union from tomorrow for the first time in its history as a member state.
4. #CLIMATE Met Éireann confirmed that Ireland experienced its warmest autumn on record this year in line with human-caused climate change.
5. #REDRESS The Taoiseach has said there are no plans to reopen the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes.
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