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Evening Wrap
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. #STORMY WEATHER The southeast of the country is braced for further flooding this evening amid a Status Yellow rain warning.
2. #HOMELESSNESS The number of people in emergency accommodation fell slightly in December, but remains significantly higher than a year ago, according to the latest figures from the Department of Housing.
3. #SENTENCING A husband who tried to smother his sleeping wife with a cushion before setting her on fire with barbecue fuel and choking her, has been jailed for five years.
4. #GROCERIES Food prices in Ireland have increased by 3.9% in the last 12 months, and by 0.2% in the last month.
5. #GRACE LYNCH The teenage girl killed in a scrambler crash in North Dublin was an “artist” who made people “feel happy just to be around her”, her funeral has heard.
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