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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 before you head out the door.

1. #JOBS JOBS JOBS: It was all about jobs today with 555 new positions landing in Dublin, Shannon, Cork and Waterford. Ryanair will create 200 of them in their new Swords office.

2. #TRANSPORT: Minister Leo Varadkar has said rural train stations will not be closed under new transport plans. He loves trains and steam engines, in fact.

3. #SMOKES: A cross-party report about proposed new tobacco laws has suggested a ban on the sale of cigarettes after 6pm.

4. #GARDAGATE: RTÉ’s This Week has learned that 133 phone conversations – between gardaí, witnesses and journalists – relating to the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder case were taped.

5. #TRINITYGATE: The temporary gate at Trinity College Dublin is…eh, we have no words actually.

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