The 5 at 5: Thursday

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. #EUROVISION: RTÉ has confirmed that Ireland will not take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to take part.

2. #CHARLIE KIRK: The FBI has found what they believe to be the gun used to murder American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the shooter has not been apprehended.

3. #UK: Peter Mandelson, the British ambassador to the US, has been sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a series of emails and messages of support surfaced this week demonstrating support for paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

4. #DONABATE: Gardaí are investigating after a drone operated on behalf of a media outlet was detected flying over the site of a search for a missing boy in Donabate.

5. #RACE FOR THE ÁRAS: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin after he was criticised by Sinn Féin over comments he made about the Israeli army’s “military objectives” in Gaza.