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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. #MATERNITY CARE: The Sisters of Charity announced that they will end their involvement with National Maternity Hospital and the St Vincent’s Hospital Group.

2. #TUSLA: A report found serious issues with inter-agency cooperation when dealing with vulnerable children taken from their parents.

3. #BUS CONNECTS: New bus routes, payment methods and bus designs were announced today by the NTA as part of a plan to reduce congestion in Dublin city.

4. #JOBSTOWN: A garda witness said he was called a “woman beater, a uniformed scumbag and a coward” after he helped a woman who fell over during the Jobstown water charges protest.

5. #YOUTH DETENTION: The Oberstown campus is making “real progress” its chairperson said today after a “challenging year” of strikes, fires and violence.

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