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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 as you head home for the day.

1. #HAZEL WATERS: A Dublin woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her two-year-old son.

2. #AIR CORPS: A Defence FOrces whistleblower has made an allegation that a number of children of Air Corps workers have died as a result of being exposed to toxic chemicals at Baldonnel Airfield.

3. #BLARNEY CASTLE: A man has died in a tragic incident at Cork tourist attraction Blarney Castle.

4. #BLASPHEMY: Health Minister Simon Harris says Ireland’s blasphemy laws are “silly” and “embarrassing”.

5. #COLLEGE GREEN: A ban on cars through Dublin’s College Green could come into effect as early as this year.

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