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

LAST UPDATE | 26 Feb

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

1.#TRUMP HOUSE: Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to sign a deal for Ukraine’s earth minerals as part of a peace deal following Russia’s invasion.

2.#FERRY DEATH: A man arrested over a woman’s death on a ferry headed for Rosslare has been released without charge, with gardaí understood to be treating the incident as a personal tragedy.

3.#VATICAN: Pope Francis is up and out of bed after having a “peaceful night” amid his battle with pneumonia according to an update from the Vatican.

4.#TETCHY TAOISEACH: Taoiseach Micheál Martin was accused by the Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy of “acting like a child” amid scenes in the Dáil over Tipperary TD Michael Lowry and the late IRA ‘Bik’ McFarlane.

5.#REFUGEES: The relocation of around 300 Ukrainian refugees living former student accommodation in Cork city has been temporarily suspended.

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