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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #BELFAST: The family of a man left seriously injured by a stabbing in Belfast on Monday night said they are “completely devastated by the horrific attack”.

2. #COURTS: A court heard that a seven-year-old child stabbed during an attack at Parnell Square in Dublin in November 2023 is now non-verbal, uses a wheelchair and is fed through a tube after suffering brain damage as a result of the incident. 

3. #BUDGET TALK: Stamp duty relief for first-time-buyers is not on the cards in this year’s budget, according to Tánaiste Simon Harris. 

4. #DIVERSIONS: A march from O’Connell Street to Leinster House resulted in traffic disruption and road closures in Dublin city centre.

5. #BILL KENNEALLY: The Taoiseach said the government will act on a recommendation from a judge that there should be a new offence on the statute books for when a public official perverts the course of justice not by criminality, but by “serious dereliction” of duty.

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