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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: Delays and diversions are continuing in Dublin city centre, and across the country, this afternoon as fuel protests continue.

2. #EMERGENCY DELAYS: Dublin Fire Brigade has said it experienced “significant delays” responding to emergencies this morning due to the ongoing fuel protests.

3. #IRAN: Donald Trump has threatened to levy 50% tariffs on any country “supplying military weapons to Iran”, in a post on Truth Social, hours after confirmation of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran. 

4. #COURTS: A retired Garda Superintendent is to stand trial accused of facilitating a serious offence by a criminal organisation, perverting the course of justice and corruption.

5. #SPAIN: Spanish police have detained an Irish man in Spain with alleged links to a well-known Dublin-based organised crime group.

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