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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #LEAVING CERT: Grades awarded to this year’s Leaving Cert class are significantly higher compared to 2020. 

2. #CSO: More than 1.36 million people had received one or more of the Government’s Covid-19 income supports by June this year, data shows.

3. #ZAPPONE: Sinn Féin has called on the Department of Foreign Affairs to publish all documents related to Katherine Zappone’s appointment as UN envoy.

4. #SCAM: The Courts Service has warned the public of a scam phone call currently in operation that appears to involve one of its own numbers. 

5. #DIZZEE: Chart-topping rapper Dizzee Rascal has denied headbutting his ex-girlfriend at a home in south London this summer.

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