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Evening Wrap
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. # CO LOUTH: Robert O’Connor was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility in the killing of his family at their Co Louth home last year.
2. #COURTS: A rickshaw driver was charged over the death of a Co Down mother of two who suffered catastrophic injuries after a Westlife concert in Dublin in September.
3. #US MIDTERMS: With their resounding victories, how did the Democrats get it right, and where did the Republicans go so wrong?
4. #LIMERICK: PSNI detectives investigating the suspected murder of a woman who went missing from Limerick have been granted additional time to question a man arrested in relation to the case.
5. #COLM HORKAN: The garda watchdog accepted a request from justice minister Jim O’Callaghan to carry out an investigation into the gun holster issued to a murdered detective.
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