The 5 at 5: Wednesday

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. #MV HONDIUS: Spain’s health minister has said that a cruise ship that has been hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus will dock at Granadilla on the island of Tenerife “within three days”, despite opposition from the Canary Islands regional government.

2. #SAVINGS SCHEME: A proposed new savings scheme by Tánaiste Simon Harris could favour wealthier households and create “another hole” in Ireland’s tax base, economists are warning an Oireachtas committee today.

3. #IRAN: Donald Trump has said the war on Iran could end if Tehran agrees to a proposal, but that the US will resume bombing the country “at a much higher level and intensity” than before if it does not.

4. #ENERGY COSTS: Ireland has the highest household electricity prices in the European Union, according to new research from statistical agency Eurostat.

5. #RIP: The creator of television news network CNN, Ted Turner, has died at the age of 87.