EVERY WEEKDAY evening,TheJournal.ie brings you the five things you need to know at 5pm.

1. #EXPENSES: Taoiseach Enda Kenny and several other ministers are among the 66 TDs who claim unvouched TD’s expenses from the Oireachtas.

Although members choosing to accept unvouched expenses – rather than vouched expenses – receive less cash, they are not subject to audit by the Oireachtas.

2. #TRAVELLERS: The mother of a teenage boy who brought a secondary school to the High Court over its decision to refuse her son admission in 2010 has lost her case. Mary Stokes, who is a Traveller, lodged a complaint when her son John was refused admission to the Christian Brothers’ High School in Clonmel due to a rule that offered priority places to children of past pupils.

Stokes had argued that the rule indirectly discriminated against Travellers, who were statistically less likely to have a father who attended secondary school.

3. #RYANAIR: Ryanair has announced a new route to Budapest less than seven hours after the sudden collapse of the Hungarian flag-carrying airline Malev today, which saw over 100 airline passengers stranded in Dublin Airport in the early hours of this morning.

Ryanair this afternoon announced what it calls “a rescue plan for Budapest and Hungarian tourism” by opening 31 new routes to and from the Hungarian capital – some of them beginning within two weeks.

4. #EMIGRATION: Legislation which could see up to 10,000 Irish people granted two-year working visas each year has been stalled in the Senate by a Republican senator.

Veteran senator Charles Grassley of Iowa has placed a hold on an immigration bill, which has already cleared the House of Representatives, and which could grant up to 10,000 E3 visas each year.

5. #A NEW STUDY: Is Ireland’s love affair with drink fading? A study from DCU shows that the average alcohol intake of an Irish person has fallen by a sixth in just over 10 years.

The study from DCU’s Business School showed that alcohol consumption has fallen significantly since 2008, and had also fallen significantly in the earlier part of the decade.