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GOOD EVENING

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five biggest stories of the day.

1. #BOOMTOWN RANT: Bob Geldof gave back his Freedom of Dublin award, and described it as a PR stunt to draw attention to the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar.

2. #CRISIS LEVELS: The government’s top housing advisor has said that “homelessness is a normal thing”.

3. #RENATO GEHLEN: A 35-year-old man was charged with the murder of his wife Anne Colomines.

4. #BRAND NEW: A US rock band cancelled their Dublin show after sexual misconduct claims.

5. #ANNONAY: The family of Eimear Noonan has paid tribute after the body of the missing Irish woman was found in France.