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

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

1. #COURTS A 13-year-old boy has described his harrowing experience at the hands of his father, who has been convicted of imprisoning him in a box and raping him repeatedly.

2. #NAAS Tributes are being paid to the paramedics who risked their lives to save the life of a man trapped in a burning ambulance yesterday.

3. #INDIA The mother of murdered British 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling has called for “someone to be held accountable” after two men charged with her daughter’s murder were acquitted.

4. #CALORIE COUNTS It has been claimed that Michelin star restaurants will leave Ireland if calorie counts are introduced on menus.

5. #BRAD PITT The FBI has confirmed that it has opened an investigation regarding “an aircraft carrying Mr Brad Pitt and his children”.

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