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GOOD EVENING

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know.

1. #IAN BAILEY: Journalist Ian Bailey has lost his civil case against the State and the Garda Commissioner. He had alleged he had been wrongfully arrested.

2. #GERMANWINGS: The co-pilot allegedly responsible for the deaths of 149 other people in the GermanWings disaster was reportedly treated for suicidal tendencies.

3. #LET BATTLE COMMENCE: The UK Parliament has been dissolved by the Queen, formally starting the general election and the race for 10 Downing Street.

4. #JILL MEAGHER: The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne has apologised after a priest told a service that murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher would be alive had she been “more faith-filled”.

5. #AMANDA KNOX: The former boyfriend of Amanda Knox has given a press conference after the pair were cleared of the murder of British student Meredith Kirchner.