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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. #UKRAINE TALKS US president Donald Trump is meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy today at the White House as the Ukrainian leader seeks US long-range missiles to target Russia.

2. #DONAGHMEDE DEATH A teenager been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of another boy at a Tusla residential care facility in Donaghmede, north Dublin, earlier this week.

3. #BAGGOT STREET HOSPITAL Concerns have been raised after the HSE only officially informed the Land Development Agency (LDA) this week that it planned to sell off Baggot Street Hospital – after the huge building in Dublin city centre had already been put up for sale.

4. #WEATHER WARNINGS Met Éireann has issued an Orange rain warning for Cork tomorrow night, along with Yellow warnings for other parts of Munster.

5. #RADICALISATION A 24-year-old man has openly discussed how he was radicalised by social media, urging EU commissioner Michael McGrath to step in against algorithms and stop it happening to others.

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