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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. #RIP: Champion Irish rower Ailish Sheehan has died after a fall at the World University Championships in Poland.

2. #DÚN DO BHÉAL: A barman from the Gaeltacht has left his job after being banned from speaking Irish in a Cork pub.

3. #STRIKE: Drivers at Dublin Bus went on strike again today, in pursuit of a 15% pay rise over the next 15 years.

4. #SPAIN: Four people are dead and scores have been injured after a train derailed in Galicia, in the northwest of the country.

5. #GOLD: Irish athlete Jason Smyth has stormed to his fifth Paralympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.

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