The 5 at 5: Monday

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. #BOARD OF PEACE: The European Union will take part in this week’s inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, but a spokesman insisted today that Brussels would not be joining as a member

2. #WICKLOW: Gardaí have began a new search operation on open ground at a location in Co Wicklow as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob

3. #WEATHER: A Status Yellow rain warning has been issued for Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow for tomorrow evening

4. #ROTUNDA: The decision to deny the Rotunda Hospital planning permission to build a critical care unit for women and infants “will jeopardise the wellbeing of many women and their infant children”, according to the Irish Medical Organisation

5. #WHITE HOUSE: Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has confirmed that she will not attend the St. Patrick’s Day events in the White House this year