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GOOD EVENING

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

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

1. #MARCH: Thousands of students took to the streets of Dublin today calling for more Government funding for third-level education.

2. #ACCIDENT: A Garda investigation has been launched after a man in his 50s died in a workplace accident.

3. #DEBATE: The third and final of the US presidential election debates will take place tonight between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

4. #LARIAM: A support group has hit out at Defence Forces personnel being given the anti-malaria drug Lariam, saying it “beggars belief”.

5. #OPERATION THOR: Gardaí have arrested 41 people and seized fireworks and drugs in a giant crackdown on crime in Kilkenny.