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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 as you head home for the day.

1. #HIT AND RUN: A man has been arrested after handball star Conall McCavitt was hit by a car yesterday. He remains in a critical condition in hospital.

2. #HOMELESS: “I think Irish people are suckers for celebrity endorsements”: Dublin City Council’s CEO on the Apollo House occupation.

3. #GERMANY: Prosecutors have detained a suspect in last week’s truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

4. #HIQA: An elderly patient at a care home was allegedly discovered lying on the floor of their bedroom covered in urine and faeces.

5. #MISSING: Gardaí have issued an appeal for a missing 17-year-old from Gracepark Meadows, Dublin 9.

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