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Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.
1. #OPHELIA: The mammoth ex-hurricane has been battering Ireland with a vengeance since early this morning. We’re covering the entire event in our liveblog, while 360,000 customers across the country are currently without electricity.
2. #TRAGIC: Three people have lost their lives thus far as a direct result of Storm Ophelia.
3. #CLOSED: All schools will remain closed tomorrow, while here’s a list of the shops and businesses currently closed as a result of the storm.
4. #RIP: Irish comedian Sean Hughes has died at the age of 51.
5. #TORN ASUNDER: Here’s a taste of the huge damage that Ophelia has been dealing out across the country.
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