The 5 at 5: Friday

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. #UKRAINE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak has resigned after investigators raided his house as part of a sweeping corruption probe.

2. #LONDON A thief who fatally kicked, punched and stamped on a vulnerable Irish pensioner in London before taking off with his groceries has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 23 years.

3. #HONG KONG Families of the scores still missing after Hong Kong’s worst blaze in decades have scoured hospitals as firefighting operations ended, with the death toll rising to at least 128.

4. #MURDER A 55-year-old Kerry man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the “violent” murder of his “wonderful” and “hardworking” mother – described as someone who “always had a smile for everyone” – whom he strangled to death at her Killarney home three years ago.

5. #EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION The number of people living in emergency accommodation in Ireland has yet again hit a record high, now standing at 16,766.