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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. #CHARGES: Criminal proceedings began today over the handling of collective redundancies at Clerys department store.

2. #TALKS: Talks aimed at resolving the Bus Éireann dispute are ongoing, with both sides hoping to reach a resolution in the the next 24 hours.

3. #NORTHERN IRELAND: Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill said there should be another election if no deal can be reached on resurrecting power-sharing by the weekend.

4. #UNITED AIRLINES: Airline United Airlines has come under fire after a video emerged of a man being forcefully dragged off of a plane due to the flight being overbooked.

5. #ARREST: A man his early 40s became the sixth person in a week to be arrested in connection with the murder of Real IRA leader Aidan O’Driscoll.

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