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. #NEW ROSS: A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to a fatal assault on an eight-year-old girl in Co Wexford.

2. #SOUTH KOREA: Irish citizens in South Korea have been advised to follow instructions from the authorities and avoid public demonstrations after the South Korean president declared emergency martial law. 

3. #LEBANON: Israel unleashed a large wave of air strikes across Lebanon despite agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people.

4. #DUBAI: An Irishman is facing possible jail time in the United Arab Emirates after being accused of sending threatening emojis to a Belgian acquaintance who he says took his possessions without permission, according to the advocacy group Detained in Dubai. 

5. #BELFAST: Two men were arrested by PSNI officers investigating the sudden death of a woman in her 20s at a nightclub in Belfast city centre.

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