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

1. #M9 CRASH The media regulator has said it is in “close contact” with social media company TikTok about the deadly trend of young men and teenagers driving stolen cars the wrong way on motorways and posting videos online. 

2. #HOMELESS ACCOMMODATION Mould, damp, pest infestations as well as broken appliances and fittings were uncovered during inspections of emergency accommodation for homeless people.

3. #STOCKPILING Irish exports to the United States fell dramatically in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2025, according to provisional data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today. 

4. #LINDSAY CLANCY The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old woman who admitted to killing her three young children in the basement of her Massachusetts family home in January 2023, has become the latest criminal trial to find a huge audience in the US and abroad.

5. #PRINCESS DI Charles Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana, has revealed that he has penned a book “to tell the truth” about his sister and her life as the 30th anniversary of her death looms.