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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
EACH WEEKDAY EVENING,TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.
1.#MARRIAGE REFERENDUM: The government has released the wording of the same-sex marriage referendum due to take place in May.
2.#FARM DEATH: A farmer has died in an accident involving a tractor. He has been named as the father of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland winning hurling captain, Lester Ryan.
3.#DEPRIVED: Figures from the CSO released today show that one in eight Irish children lives in deprivation. The figures show disposable income has dropped every year since 2008.
4.#DOWN LIKE WATER: The Dáil bar raked in over €7,400 on the night it debated the Water Services Bill, new figures show. It was the busiest day of 2014 for the bar.
5.#DATA BREACH: The former Justice Minister Alan Shatter has lost his appeal against a ruling that he breached data protection laws by revealing Mick Wallace had benefited from Garda discretion.
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