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Evening Wrap

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

5.00pm, 3 Jun 2026
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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #INVESTIGATION: Gardaí arrested two people in connection with the fatal stabbing of Qayyum Balogun. 

2. #LIQUIDATION: A Co Leitrim music festival said it could lose €135,000 because the online platform Tickets.ie has ceased trading and is entering liquidation.

3. #CHILDCARE: A new maximum fee cap that will roll out in September will see families making more savings on childcare fees.

4. #SCRAPPAGE SCHEME: Drivers will be offered €5,000 scrappage grant if they get rid of a vehicle over 13 years old and get an electric vehicle.

5. #CURTAIN CALL: Katie Taylor’s long-held dream of fighting at Croke Park is set to become reality on 5 September.

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