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GOOD EVENING

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

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five big news stories you need to know before you head out the door.

1. #MIGRANT CRISIS: It has been confirmed that Ireland will take in 4,000 refugees in response to the crisis.

2. #CHESTER: The trial is continuing in England of a 25-year-old woman accused of allegedly sexually assaulting her friend with a prosthetic penis.

3. #NORTHERN IRELAND: The Northern Irish executive at Stormont appears to be on the brink of collapse after the SDLP, Sinn Féin and the Ulster Unionists all voted against adjourning the Assembly.

4. #IRISH WATER: The embattled utility registered Donegal councillor Micheál Mac Giolla Easbuig without his permission.

5. #RYANAIR: A stewardess who left the budget airline after approaching celebrity passengers for their autographs was not constructively dismissed the Employment Appeals Tribunal has ruled.