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 week.

1. #HOMELESSNESS: The number of people in emergency accommodation increased to a record high of 17,517 last month.

2. #PALESTINE: The Department of Foreign Affairs has said Ireland and several other nations will seek compensation from Israel after a school co-funded by Irish Aid was demolished by settlers in the occupied West Bank earlier this week.

3. #ENOCH BURKE: Enoch Burke has reportedly been removed from the latest meeting of a Disciplinary Appeals Panel that is deciding on whether a decision by Wilson’s Hospital School to dismiss him from his job was fair.

4. #LEBANON: A sixth peacekeeper in Lebanon has died. He was injured when his camp was struck by Israeli fire, an investigation found.

5. #MISSED OUT?: The entire batch of 2027 Ryder Cup tickets put on sale today exclusively for residents of the island of Ireland sold out within four hours, with tickets for the three days of competition selling out in less than an hour.