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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five things you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #BREAKING: A Malaysian passenger flight has been ‘shot down’ close to Ukraine’s border with Russia. There were 295 people on board.

2. #APOLOGY: The PSNI has apologised to the families of soldiers killed in the Hyde Park bombing for ‘failing to secure justice‘. It follows the publication of a report which reviewed ‘on the run’ letters.

3. #CUTS: Microsoft has announced plans to cut 18,000 jobs from its global workforce. These will take place as the company integrates recently-acquired Nokia.

4. #INDUSTRIAL ACTION: Siptu has criticised Greyhound after the company contacted residents in Dublin this morning claiming that the picketers were disrupting services.

5. #SUMMER HOLLIERS: The Dáil has risen for the summer. TDs will now focus on constituency work until 17 September.

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