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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know as you head home for the day.

1. #BALLYDUFF A man has been arrested after an elderly man was killed in a collision involving a teleporter vehicle. The man, in his 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

2. #FAI Members of Ireland’s women’s national football team were described as “the dirt off the FAI’s shoe” at a press conference today where they called for better working conditions.

3. #ARMAGH A married couple were jailed for the sexual abuse of a vulnerable woman who they kept prisoner in their home for eight years.

4. #MAURITIUS John McAreavey has offered a €50,000 reward in Mauritius for information on his wife Michaela’s murder in the country in 2011.

5. #LUAS The Luas red line was closed for a time this afternoon after a person was injured in an incident between the Heuston and St James’s stops.

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