The 5 at 5: Wednesday

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

LAST UPDATE | 30 Jul 2025

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

1. #RIP: A service of Removal has taken place in Co Fermanagh for Vanessa Whyte and her two children, James and Sara Rutledge, who were killed in a shooting incident last week.

2. #STABBING: Politicians and gardaí have condemned an “appalling” stabbing of a young garda officer in Dublin city yesterday afternoon.

3. #EARTHQUAKE: One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early today, causing tsunamis of up to four metres across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan.

4. #TRANSPORT POLICE: Recruitment for a new dedicated public transport police could begin by the end of next year, according to Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien.

5. #OZZY: Ozzy Osbourne fans have paid their respects to the heavy metal star in a procession taking place in his home city of Birmingham.