The 5 at 5: Tuesday

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. #ZELENSKYY VISIT Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelenskyy has addressed a joint sitting of the Oireachtas after attending a number of engagements across Dublin.

2. #GRATITUDE Zelenskyy told reporters today that he was grateful to ‘every Irish home that has sheltered our people here’.

3. #CO LOUTH CRASH The funeral of a Scottish student, who was among five young people who died in a crash in Co Louth, has heard that her partner had been planning to propose to her.

4. #WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW The UK government has announced the closure of a loophole that has for years let Irish people who once worked there to claim a British state pension with very inexpensive contributions.

5. #HILLSBOROUGH An investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has found 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for “fundamental failures” on the day and “concerted efforts” to blame fans in the aftermath.