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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 before you head out the door.

1. #STORM GERTRUDE: Thousands of homes and businesses are without power as Storm Gertrude batters Ireland. The wind ripped up a tree in Dublin last night and dumped it on a car.

2. #STEPFATHER: Mariusz Krezolek has been found dead in his prison cell. He was serving a 30-year jail sentence for the murder of his stepson, Daniel Pelka.

3. #NO OUTBREAK: Four people with the ‘swine flu’ virus H1N1 have been admitted to Wexford General Hospital.

4. #FUGITIVE HUNT: These are the most wanted people in Europe and their horrific crimes

5. #DRUGS: A woman (44) who was stopped by Revenue officers at Dublin Airport on Tuesday was found to have ingested 100 pellets of cocaine.

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