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. #FUEL PROTESTS: Protests over the government’s response to rising fuel prices are continuing this afternoon, with the Defence Forces set to be deployed to remove vehicles blocking critical infrastructure and up to 40 forecourts in Munster out of fuel due to shortages caused by the blockade at Foynes Port.

2. #GARDA RESPONSE: Fuel price protesters who don’t move their vehicles out of the way will “face the full rigour of the law”, gardaí have said,

3. #STATE PLANNING: The State’s emergency group met this afternoon to discuss the current impacts of the fuel protests, including possible future boil water notices, food supply issues and bus cancellations due to lack of fuel.

4. #IRAN: The Iranian president has said Israel’s continued strikes on Lebanon “blatantly violate” the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and render planned negotiations “meaningless”.

5. #CANARY ISLANDS: The alleged “Hutch criminal gang leader” arrested in Lanzarote yesterday has said he will fight extradition to Ireland.