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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. #MIDDLE EAST: The US-Israel attack on Iran over the weekend has led to retaliatory strikes across the region, while Israeli and US strikes also continue. You can follow along live here.

2. #COURTS: A 60-year-old woman was sentenced to a total of fourteen months in prison for exposing her daughter to “prolific sex abuse” on a daily basis by her husband when she was aged between three and fifteen years.

3. #LOUTH: A 15-year-old boy charged with motor theft and dangerous driving following an hour-long pursuit from north Dublin to Co Louth in the early hours of this morning was granted bail with strict conditions.

4. #US: Seamus Culleton was granted leave to remain in the United States until his appeal case against his deportation is heard. 

5. #NOVO NORDISK: Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is to spend over €430m on its plant in Athlone to start manufacturing a tablet form of its Wegovy weight-loss jab.

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