EVERY AFTERNOON, TheJournal.ie brings you the five things you really need to know at 5 o’clock.
1. #LIBYA: Libya has called an immediate ceasefire to its military campaign, following the United Nations’ Security Council resolution seeking an end to armed hostilities in the country. Last night, the UN Security Council approved a no-fly zone over Libya.
2. #JAPAN: Japan’s nuclear saftey agency has raised the severity of the alert for the crisis-stricken country from a Level 4 to a Level 5, the equivalent to the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear incident in the USA.
3. #COURTS: Ian Bailey is to be extradited to France to face questioning over the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier at her holiday home in Co Cork.
4. #JOBSWATCH: More than 200 jobs are to be created in Antrim by a medical diagnostics company. Randox Laboratories produces diagnostic kits for use in hospital, clinical and veterinary laboratories and already employs 850 people worldwide.
5. #CANINE LOVE: A dog in Japan has been filmed protecting his injured canine friend in a video that has captured the hearts of people worldwide.
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