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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head out the door.

1. #CAVAN: Gardaí are investigating the discovery of the bodies of five members of a family in Cavan. The bodies of a woman in her 30s, her husband, who was in his 40s, and their three children were found at a house at Oakdene, Barconey, near Ballyjamesduff this morning.

2. #FITNESS TO PRACTICE: A doctor misdiagnosed a serious womb infection in a 45-year-old woman who had given birth to twins via caesarean section, a Medical Council fitness-to-practice inquiry heard today.

3. #TTIP: The European Commission has dismissed claims from Germany’s vice-chancellor that long-running free-trade negotiations between the EU and US are on the brink of collapse.

4. #STRIKE: Some residents at Oberstown have climbed onto the roof at the youth detention centre while staff are striking in a row over safety.

5. #MEDITERRANEAN: The LÉ James Joyce has rescued 165 people in the Mediterranean

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