The 5 at 5: Friday

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

EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the five stories you need to know before you hit the road.

1.#CRASH: Two gardaí are receiving treatment after their traffic corps motorbikes were struck by a car in Sligo. The accident happened this morning at the junction of Clarion Road and Manorhamilton Road.

2.#GONE: The Primate of All Ireland Seán Brady has told Pope Francis that he will step down. The announcement comes a day before the Cardinal’s 75th birthday.

3.#TRIBUTES: It has been confirmed that the two women who died after getting into difficulty while swimming at a beach in Kerry were nuns who were there for a holiday. Sisters Imelda Carew and Paula Buckley were praised as “wonderful women”.

4.#CANCER: The largest ever study into the relationship between cancer and obesity has confirmed a link between the two. The study published in The Lancet found that there are around 12,000 cases of cancer linked to obesity every year.

5.#FERGUSON: The police department in Ferguson, Missouri has named the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, sparking days of rioting and tensions.