The 5 at 5: Tuesday

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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. #DRUG HAUL: Revenue has seized approximately 75kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of over €5 million in a torpedo-like device off the Clare shore.

2. #IRISH WATER: The Chief Executive of Ervia (the parent company of water utility Irish Water) Michael McNicholas is to step down from his role.

3. #ABORTION: The Cabinet has agreed to take a unified position on an AAA-PBP bill calling for a vote to be held on repealing the Eighth Amendment.

4. #GO PRO: Katie Taylor is reportedly set to turn professional and could make her debut as early as next month.

5. #FALSE MEDIA: Donald Trump’s campaign has launched a nightly show on Facebook Live in order to bypass “the media filter”.

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