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Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON: The Luas service was shut down again today - marking the 11th day of strikes – and both sides of the dispute are digging their heels in.

2. #O’HIGGINS REPORT: Alan Shatter says he was spat at and abused following his resignation in the wake of the Guerin report.

3. #WELFARE CONCERNS: A Dublin couple has been warned they risk facing a garda investigation as their 13-year-old son has been absent from school for four years.

4. #WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON: Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 116.

5. #SUN AT LAST: The weather has finally heated up and it might even stick around for the weekend. In between the odd shower, that is.

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