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

1. #KINAHAN: The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) will serve papers on crime boss Daniel Kinahan by registered post after they discovered addresses for him in Dubai from a US Treasury press release.

2. #CARLOW: Fire services are currently at the scene of a large blaze at a factory in Carlow town.

3. #COST OF LIVING: Leo Varadkar has said he is not ruling out new Government measures to address the cost of living crisis ahead of October’s Budget.

4. #WAR: The leaders of France, Germany and Italy vowed to help Ukraine defeat Russia and to rebuild its shattered cities, in a visit to a war-torn Kyiv suburb today.

5. #SPACEY: Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations that he sexually assaulted three men, a court has heard.

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