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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. #GRAHAM DWYER TRIAL: The partner of Elaine O’Hara’s father testified that she ‘recoiled’ when she came across oily latex in Ms O’Hara’s apartment two days after she disappeared.

2. #NOTE PASSING: Former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry asked what’s wrong with complimenting a woman “on her nice dress, or a pair of shoes, or a hairstyle” after coming in for criticism about a note he sent to the Taioseach.

3. #SENTENCE: Rapist Patrick O’Brien has been handed an increased prison term after it was ruled that his original three year sentence was too lenient.

4. #DRUNK DIALLING: A man prank called UK Prime Minister David Cameron pretending to be the head of a spy agency.

5. #JOBS: More than 150 jobs are on the way for Limerick and Dublin.

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