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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. #EPSTEIN FILES: An email sent from Balmoral signed “A” asked disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell for “inappropriate friends”, newly surfaced emails have shown.

2. #CLONMEL: Gardaí have launched an investigation following the discovery of a woman’s body near Clonmel, Co Tipperary, on Monday afternoon.

3. #EUROMILLIONS: A family syndicate in Co Cavan who scooped the EuroMillions jackpot last week has collected their €17 million prize.

4. #TRUMP: A new batch of files released by the US government in relation to the notorious late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contains numerous references to Donald Trump, including documents detailing flights he took on his then close friend’s private jet.

5. #PRESIDENT CONNOLLY: An X account using the handle of President Catherine Connolly’s former personal profile has been suspended after being taken over by an imposter, a spokesperson has confirmed.

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