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

LAST UPDATE | 5 Sep 2025

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

1. #STRIKE: Education Minister Helen McEntee has said the government is ready to discuss public service pensions if Fórsa, the union representing school secretaries and caretakers, comes to the table.

2. #UK: The UK’s deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has resigned

3. #ÁRAS: Bertie Ahern has ruled himself out of the presidential race. 

4. #HIGH COURT: Lawyers for Conor McGregor’s co-defendant James Lawrence have issued High Court proceedings against Nikita Hand following a civil case in which a jury cleared him of sexual assault.

5. #RIP: A body has been recovered in the search for a missing rock climber off the coast of Baltimore in west Cork.

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