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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. #HOMELESSNESS: The number of people in emergency accommodation in Ireland reached a record level yet again in November of last year.

2. #COLD WEATHER: Temperatures are to go as low as -4 in the coming nights as Status Yellow weather warnings take effect for the entire country, with possible snow in some counties.

3. #SWISS RESORT FIRE: Swiss authorities have confirmed that 40 people were killed in the fire that ripped through a bar in the Swiss Alps in the town of Crans-Montana, with 119 others injured. 

4. #WATCH YOUR STEP: Slips, trips and falls have cost Dublin City Council over €18 million in personal injury payouts in just three years.

5. #WEST BANK: An Irish solicitor who took part in a human rights monitoring mission in the Jordan Valley speaks on the impact of expanding Israeli settlements.

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