The 5 at 5: Tuesday

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

LAST UPDATE | 11 Mar 2025

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

1. #NORTH SEA A man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after a collision between a tanker and a cargo vessel in the North Sea yesterday

2. #TARIFFS US President Donald Trump has said he is going to double the incoming steel and aluminium tariffs on Canadian imports from 25% to 50%

3. #COURTS Conor McGregor’s bid to overturn a civil case finding that he sexually assaulted a woman in a Dublin hotel seven years ago is due to be heard on 21 March at the Court of Appeal

4. #UKRAINE Ukraine will present the US with a plan for a partial ceasefire with Russia today, hoping to restore support from its key benefactor

5. #WHITE HOUSE Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that if difficult questions are raised in the Oval Office meeting tomorrow on the Occupied Territories Bill and Gaza, they will be managed