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. #DRUMCREE PARADE Appeal court judges in Belfast have reserved their judgment in a legal challenge over the Drumcree parading dispute, which was brought by Garvaghy Road residents.

2. #WORK-TO-RULE Primary school teachers who are members of Ireland’s largest teachers’ trade union began a work-to-rule today amid an ongoing public sector pay dispute.

3. #KINAHAN Daniel Kinahan appeared before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation between 18 October 2015 and 6 April 2017.

4. #DIPLOMATS Irish diplomats have vowed to stay in Kyiv despite Russia’s threat that they were in danger due to its increased “large-scale retaliatory strikes” against the Ukrainian capital.

5. #SPAIN Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said he would call an early election on 29 November, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his government.