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

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

1. MARY BOYLE: A 64-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Ireland’s oldest missing person case. Mary Boyle disappeared in 1977 when she was 6 years old.

2. SCANDAL: TheJournal.ie can reveal that 10 Irish Water customers had their bank details sent to their landlords. Meanwhile, Enda Kenny has said he has every confidence that the CEO of Irish Water, John Tierney, can do his job.

3. PISTORIUS: Oscar Pistorius has begun his five year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. However, the athlete could be eligible to leave jail in just 10 months.

4. NEW VIDEO: A new Islamic State video has emerged which shows a man taking part in the stoning of his own daughter after she was accused of adultery.

5. PHEW: A fourth puppy, who had been trapped in a disused mineshaft in Cork, has now been rescued by the coastguard and is ‘doing fine’ after the ordeal.

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