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. #CHILD SAFETY: Armed gardaí forced their way into a hotel room to save 11-year-old Oisín O’Reilly after his father Wayne threatened to kill him in October, three months before their deaths.

2. #GLOBAL TRADE: EU countries have greenlit the Mercosur trade deal despite Ireland and France being among the countries to oppose it.

3. #CRANS-MONTANA: The co-owner of the Swiss ski resort bar which went up in flames during New Year celebrations is being held in custody after he was interviewed by prosecutors.

4. #AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI: Iran’s supreme leader has hit out at protesters in the country as “saboteurs” and said the Islamic republic will “not back down” in his first comments on demonstrations that began earlier this month.

5. #ERROR: Almost 13,000 Irish passports have been recalled by the Department of Foreign Affairs because of a printing error that could cause issues for people travelling abroad.