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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. #BRAZIL Thousands of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, stormed the capital’s congress, supreme court and presidential palace.

2. #COURT Cork District Court heard that the State is awaiting directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions in connection with the case of a man charged with the murder of 28-year-old Brazilian national Bruna Fonseca.

3. #HEALTH SYSTEM The HSE’s chief clinical officer said a fall in the number of patients on trolleys was as a result of a “whole system response” but that asking hospital staff to work across weekends is “not sustainable in the long run”. 

4. #FLOODING The UN Secretary General called for “massive investments” to help Pakistan recover from last year’s devastating floods and better resist climate change. 

5. #CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Grocery sales increased by 10% in the four weeks before Christmas compared to the same period in 2021 – though grocery price inflation stood at 15.4% for the last three months of the year.

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