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21901335051_846a2704af_o The Five Lamps in Dublin's North Inner City William Murphy William Murphy

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #GANGLAND: Gareth Hutch, nephew of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, has been shot dead in Dublin’s north inner city. After the seventh murder in the ongoing Kinahan-Hutch gangland feud, residents of the inner city say they have been ‘abandoned’.

2. #HOAX: A spate of bomb hoaxes has seen primary schools evacuated in five counties.

3. #IT’S ON: Donald Trump has overtaken Hillary Clinton to become the US presidential frontrunner for the first time.

4. #VANISHED: An Irish man has spoken of his heartbreak after his son and wife vanished on a holiday in the US.

5. #TUSLA: The ‘heartbroken’ grandparents of a child taken into custody from them say the ongoing battle with children’s agency Tusla is ‘killing’ them.

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