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Evening Wrap
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. #LINCOLN CROWN COURT: A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Tony McDermott, son of Mother and Baby Home campaigner Maria Arbuckle, in England.
2. #UHL: An unannounced inspection carried out last November found that “significant risks” to patient safety remain at the Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick.
3. #COLLEGE PROTESTS: US President Joe Biden is speaking from the White House in unscheduled remarks after police moved in to clear a protest camp at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
4. #COURTS: A Dublin man arrested for carrying an “improvised explosive device” close to his home believed there was a “viable” threat to his safety, a court has heard.
5. #LEADERS’ QUESTIONS: Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said it is a “monstrous lie” to suggest the removal of the triple lock for Irish military involvement in operations abroad would result in “young Irish people fighting in wars”.
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