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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. #STORM CHANDRA: A weather warning in place in 13 counties tomorrow, with Storm Chandra now confirmed as the third named storm of the year.

2. #POLAR VORTEX: And in the US, a monster storm has killed at least 11 people, prompting warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages after a weekend of misery.

3. #LIMERICK: A retired garda superintendent cleared of perverting the course of justice along with four serving gardaí in Limerick today has struck out at An Garda Síochána’s handling of the case. 

4. #DRUMCONDRA: An Coimisiún Pleanála cleared the way for construction to begin on a €646 million apartment development at the former Holy Cross College site in Drumcondra.

5. #TO THOSE I’VE HURT: Ye, formerly Kanye West, apologised for his “reckless behaviour” and antisemitic remarks in a full-page advert in The Wall Street Journal.

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