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

1. #ENERGY SUPPLY Poland and Bulgaria are now receiving gas from their EU neighbours after Russia cut off the flow of gas to the two member states yesterday.

2. #WATT The Oireachtas Finance Committee will seek powers to compel the Secretary General of the Department of Health Robert Watt to appear before it.

3. #TURF Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there will be “no ban on the use of turf for the remainder of the year”.

4. #MR MOONLIGHT The Supreme Court has given Tipperary farmer Patrick Quirke permission to appeal his conviction for the murder of Bobby ‘Mr Moonlight’ Ryan.

5. #LATEST FIGURES Health officials have reported an additional 982 PCR confirmed cases of Covid-19 today. In addition, there have been 1,325 positive antigen tests reported through the HSE portal as of yesterday.

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