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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. #LIVERPOOL: The man who drove into a crowd of people in Liverpool city centre during Liverpool FC’s league victory parade has been jailed for 21 years and six months.

2. #JIM GAVIN: Micheál Martin has said he is “absolutely relieved” to have received the report on his party’s presidential election selection process.

3. #BONDI BEACH: New footage has emerged of a couple attempting to stop one of the alleged gunmen who opened fire at Bondi beach on Sunday, killing 15 people.

4. #Baldonnel: The new €53m Government jet has touched down in Ireland this afternoon having flown from Paris.

5. #ROB REINER: Michelle Obama has said Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner were “decent, courageous people” following Donald Trump’s comments linking their deaths to criticism of him.

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