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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #BREXIT: British Prime Minister Theresa May has proposed a two-year transition period for Britain after it leaves the European Union.

2. #HOOK: Newstalk presenter George Hook has stepped down from his afternoon show High Noon however he will return to the station in a weekend slot later in the year.

3. #ODOURLESS GAS: The Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring has called for an investigation into how odourless gas from the Corrib gas field made it into the general supply.

4. #DISCRIMINATION: Dunnes Stores has been ordered to pay €12,500 to a widowed mother of six after the Workplace Relations Commission found the woman was discriminated against because she is a Traveller.

5. #NORTH KOREA: The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has described US President Donald Trump as “mentally deranged” and said he will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea.

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