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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. #FLOODING Louth County Council has warned people to avoid several roads in Drogheda due to localised flooding.
2. #JAILED GARDA A garda who “spear tackled” a “skinny” handcuffed teenager and slammed his head off the ground has been jailed for a year.
3. #EPSTEIN FILES Peter Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords amid his alleged disclosure of confidential UK government information to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
4. #MICHAEL FLATLEY The Lord Of The Dance 30th anniversary show, due to take place at the 3Arena in Dublin this week, has been cancelled amid an ongoing legal row.
5. #GAME OFF The NFL have confirmed that there will be no regular season game in Ireland in 2026 but do intend to return to stage a fixture there ‘in a few years’.
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