The 5 at 5: Wednesday

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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. #SHOOTING: A man is fighting for his life after a suspected gangland shooting in Dublin.

2. #ALAN HAWE: The body of Alan Hawe, who killed his wife and children before taking his own life, has been exhumed.

3. #INJECTION CENTRES: Supervised injection centres are a step closer after legislation was approved in the Seanad.

4. #HUMANISM: An Irish football player is seeking a judicial review in the north against the failure of authorities there to recognise Humanist marriages.

5. #COMEY: The fallout from Donald Trump’s firing of FBI head James Comey continued today, with Democrats calling it ‘Nixonian’.

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