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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #CRIME: Gardaí have arrested two men in south Dublin and seized €300,000 in cash as part of their crackdown on warring gangs in the capital.

2. #COURT: A man whose careless driving left a cyclist without the ability to speak, walk or hear has been given a suspended prison sentence of nine months.

3. #EIGHTH AMENDMENT: Abortion rights campaigners have criticised Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin after he declined to say whether he supported abortion in cases of rape and incest.

4. #GARDAÍ: Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan has said a criminal investigation into the actions of senior gardaí at Templemore is possible.

5. #UK: Local elections in Britain have given a strong boost to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party ahead of next month’s Brexit-dominated general election.

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