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GOOD EVENING

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 out the door.

1. #APPLE TAX: Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the European Commission’s bill of €13 billion in back taxes said to be owed by his company to Ireland “comes from a political place”.

2.#BERKLEY: California’s Senate has approved legislation that will enforce greater regulation and oversight of construction procedures, following the Berkeley balcony collapse in which six young people died.

3. #ASSAULT: A garda was treated in hospital after being assaulted in an armed robbery involving three masked men armed with iron bars and a hammer in north Dublin.

4. #JOBS: The number of unemployed people on the Live Register fell below 300,000 this month.

5. #THIRD LEVEL: More than 2,500 second round CAO offers were made to students by the Central Applications Office today.

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