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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. #GALWAY: A 19-year-old man has been seriously injured following a fall from an apartment balcony on the Headford Road.

2. #JOHNNY RONAN: The hirsute developer spiced up his Banking Inquiry testimony with the use of a quote most commonly associated with the Auschwitz concentration camp.

3. #MECCA: The death toll following a stampede on the world-famous Muslim pilgrimage has risen to 717.

4. #RIPFormer High Court judge Paul Carney has died, just months after his retirement from the bench.

5. #SYRINGE: Dublin Bus are investigating an incident in which a three-year-old girl’s mother claims her child was jabbed with a ‘filthy’ drug needle.