The 5 at 5: Tuesday

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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, The Journal brings you five of the biggest news stories of the day so far.

1. #MARY ROBINSON After visiting the Gaza border, former President Mary Robinson has issued a stark warning that governments failing to act decisively to stop the humanitarian crisis in Gaza are “increasingly complicit” in the suffering of Palestinians in the region.

2. #DOWNPATRICK A community in Co Down has been “shaken and upset deeply” by the attack on a priest and the death of a man at the weekend, Bishop Alan McGuckian has said.

3. #HARVEY SHERRATT Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to Tánaiste Simon Harris urging him to meet the parents of child who died after waiting years for scoliosis surgery.

4. #UKRAINE EU leaders have reaffirmed Ukraine’s right to “choose its own destiny” just days before US President Donald Trump is due to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

5. #METEOR SHOWER Ireland’s night skies will light up this evening as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak, offering one of the most dazzling natural spectacles of the year.