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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 week. 

1. #HOMELESSNESS The number of people in emergency accommodation increased by 378 last month to reach a record high of 17,112.

2. #TRAM CRASH One person has been killed and around 20 people have been injured in a tram crash in Milan, Italy.

3. #BANISHED Dublin City Council has confirmed it ordered the removal of the giant statue of St Patrick raising a pint outside Dublin’s Temple Bar Pub less than 24 hours after it first appeared on the city centre landmark.

4. #LAYOFFS The financial services and technology company Block, which has an office in Ireland, is set to lay off nearly half of its staff worldwide and replace them with AI.

5. #OOPS An irish naval ship has suffered minor damage after bumping into the quayside in Dublin city.

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