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

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

1. #JIHADISTS: Ireland will examine the recent UN Security Council Resolution on foreign terrorist fighters to see whether Irish terror laws needs to be updated.

2. #SLIGO: Day four of the inquest into the death of Dhara Kivelehan has heard about a number of angry exchanges between her husband and a consultant.

3. #SEANAD SHAMBLES: A second Fine Gael TD has hit out at his own party over the controversial appointment of John McNulty to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

4. #BBC: Former DJ Dave Lee Travis has been handed a three month suspended sentence for indecently assaulting a TV personality.

5. #FRIDAY FEELING: Did you notice a colleague slip out of work early this evening with a cheeky grin on their face? They might have been off to collect the €86 million Euromillions jackpot.

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