The 5 at 5: Tuesday

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. #MIDDLE EAST: Israel has launched missile strikes and deployed troops to positions along the Lebanon border on the fourth day of the escalating conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran. Follow rolling coverage on our liveblog.

2. #PETROL AND DIESEL: Members of the Opposition have called for the government to consider introducing targeted energy supports for Irish households in response to rising oil prices.

3. #WEXFORD EVICTIONS: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the planned evictions of 36 households in Co Wexford came before the government’s new rental rules were implemented.

4. #CHRISTOPHER JUDGE: A 42-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Stephen Ring, whose body lay undiscovered in a Wexford quarry for almost two weeks.

5. #DEFENCE DIPLOMANY: Ireland is to move forward with deploying its first defence attachés to embassies in the US, Britain and France.