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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #STREP A: The HSE is investigating if a four-year-old child has died from Strep A in Ireland. 

2. #SHOOTINGS: A man has died and another has been seriously injured in two separate shootings in Dublin last night.

3. #WEATHER: A Status Yellow low temperature/ice warning will come into force on Thursday, after Met Éireann warned of cold weather this week and into early next week.

4. #RENTING: The average rent in Ireland has increased by 85% compared to the EU average of 18% between 2010 and the second quarter of 2022, a new study has shown.

5. #INDONESIA: Indonesia’s parliament has approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights.

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