The 5 at 5: Monday

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

LAST UPDATE | 8 Dec 2025

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest stories of the day.

1. #EDENDERRY: Gardaí are probing whether the motive for a weekend attack that resulted in the deaths of a woman and a young boy in Co Offaly was a prison fight.

2. #WEATHER WARNING: A nationwide Status Yellow wind warning issued for tomorrow has been upgraded to Status Orange in eleven counties, with the public urged to stay away from the coasts.

3. #HOUSING CRISIS: A social media campaign launched by the Department of Housing, which offers advice to young people moving back in with their parents, has been met with fury.

4. #GOLDEN: Irish actors Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal have been nominated for the Golden Globes awards for their roles in period drama Hamnet.

5. #NETFLIX: Donald Trump has warned that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery “could be a problem” due to its combined market share – just days after the pair announced the 72 billion dollar (€61.8 billion) mega deal.