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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. #GENDER EQUALITY: RTÉ has said it will conduct a review of ‘role and gender equality’ across the organisation following criticism over its salary structure.

2. #CHARLIE GARD: The parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard are dropping their legal battle to send him to the US for experimental treatment.

3. #SCHAFFHAUSEN: A manhunt is underway after five people were injured after an attack by a man with a chainsaw in the northern Swiss city of Schaffhausen earlier today.

4. #REBRANDING: It was announced today that Meteor will be officially rebranded as Eir from September.

5. #CYSTIC FIBROSIS: A fundraising drive to help raise money for treatment for CF campaigner Orla Tinsley has hit its target of $50,000 (€42,950).

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