The 5 at 5: Thursday

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. #SWITZERLAND: Around 40 people have died and 115 people have been injured after a fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxury Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana last night, police have said.

2. #AUTO-ENROLMENT PENSIONS: The long-awaited auto-enrolment pension scheme will begin collecting contributions from today but employees are being warned about the potential for “teething troubles” in the early days of the scheme.

3. #FINGLAS: Gardaí are investigating an arson attack on a house in Finglas yesterday as a case of mistaken identity, after it emerged that the wrong property may have been targeted.

4. #TOLLS: Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on transport has said “commuters can’t take anymore” as tolls increase on 10 national roads from today.

5. #NEW YEAR BABIES: 2026 has only just started, and already a number of babies have been born in maternity hospitals across the country – the first of whom was bron just 35 secnds after midnight.