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

EACH WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1. #ABORTION BILL: Clare Daly says Fine Gael and Labour will vote down the abortion bill ‘like nodding donkeys’.

2. #JOBSTOWN: Four people arrested this morning in connection with last November’s protest in south-west Dublin have been released without charge.

3. #ARCHBISHOP: Diarmuid Martin says he’s seriously concerned about reports that 7 religious orders still haven’t fully implemented measures to prevent child sex abuse.

4. #COURT: The Graham Dwyer trial has heard from two men who met Elaine O’Hara on a website that caters for alternative sexual tastes.

5. #ISLAMIC STATE: US President Barack Obama has confirmed the death of a 26-year-old American aid worker held by Islamic State militants.

 

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