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

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

1. #NAMED: The victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting are being named. They include young mothers, off-duty police officers and young men.

2. #TOM HUMPHRIES: A court heard how the former Irish Times sports journalist exchanged 16,000 messages with a teenage girl as his sentencing for child sexual exploitation was put back to 24 October.

3. #HOUSE OF FÉIN: Sinn Féin has proposed abolishing the local property tax which would cost the Exchequer €445 million, in its alternative Budget plans.

4. #END OF THE LINE: Passengers who witness anti-social behaviour on the Luas can now text a dedicated number to inform security.

5. #MURDER ACCUSED: Freddie Thompson shouted obscenities in court today when a judge refused to grant him bail. He is charged with the murder of David Douglas.

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