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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. #PEACE TALKS Russia has said Ukraine launched a drone attack on the official residence of President Vladimir Putin, labelling it a “terrorist attack” that will lead it to “revise” its negotiating position in talks about ending the war between the two countries. 

2. # XL BULLIES Over 100 XL Bully dogs have been euthanised by local authorities in the year since the ban on the breed came into effect.

3. #PARAGLIDING INCIDENT A paraglider has been rescued from the roof of Lough Erne Resort in Co Fermanagh after crashing into the hotel.

4. #WEATHER Met Éireann has forecast a cloudy start to 2026 with cold weather to begin late this week and into the weekend.

5. #STATE PAPERS Taoiseach Charles Haughey was “very disturbed” after a British marine allegedly put a gun to the neck of a Dubliner while he was sailing on Carlingford Lough in 1991.

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