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The 5 at 5 State apologises to family harassed by gardaí, and Trump at war with his own intelligence services – it’s the Five at Five.

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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #APOLOGY: The State has offered an “unconditional apology” to a family that was harassed by gardaí.

2. #TRUMP: The US president claims that his own intelligence services are behaving “just like Russia”.

3. #MCCABE: New documents show that the ‘admin error’ that led to allegations against Maurice McCabe was not reported as a HSE data protection breach.

4. #SERIOUS RISKS: Ireland is being taken to court over waste water by the European Commission.

5. #NOT HAPPENING: Floyd Mayweather says he will not be fighting Conor McGregor.

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