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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 before you head out the door.

1. #GET READY CLARE: Donald Trump has revealed on Twitter that he is coming to Ireland later this month.

2. #FEUD: The priest at Gareth Hutch’s funeral asked feuding families to ‘seek peace and not disaster’.

3. #RAPE: A Wicklow man who raped and sexually assaulted two of his step-sons hundreds of times over a ten year period has been sentenced to 21 years in prison with the final seven suspended.

4. #SHEDDING LIGHT: The National Lottery is set to issue a statement on an unpaid €8.2 million prize sold in Sligo in March.

5. #WE SHALL REBUILD: ‘Dublin’s ugliest building’ is going to be knocked down and turned into an “environmentally sustainable new office quarter”.

On Snapchat: Riverfest is on in Dublin this weekend so we went along to have a look – check out our sailing story.

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