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

EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #COURTS: The garda in charge of the investigation into the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier has said that Ian Bailey remains a person of interest.

2. #RIP: Ceremonies for seven of those killed in last week’s terror attacks in France are being held in Paris and in Israel. Three police officers shot dead have been awarded the Legion d’honneur.

3. #SECURITY: Intel have confirmed that gardaí received what they believed to be a “credible threat” to its plant in Leixlip this morning.

4. #LOUTH: A man has been found dead at a house in Dunleer.

5. #WEATHER WARNINGS: Met Éireann has issued five weather warnings as a range of dangerous conditions are set to the hit the country. There’s even spots of the magic (or dreaded) word in some places – snow.

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