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

#NIGHTLIFE: Nightclubs will have the option to remain open until 6am, under new proposals before Cabinet today.

#UKRAINE: Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said “there will be challenges along the way” as the Government warned of unprecedented numbers of refugees entering due to the war in Ukraine.

#NEWPM: The new British prime minister Rishi Sunak warned the nation is facing a “profound economic crisis” as he pledged to fix the “mistakes” of Liz Truss’s leadership.

#QATAR: Campaigner Peter Tatchell has said he was arrested after staging the first ever LGBT protest in Qatar to “shine a light” on its human rights abuses in the run-up to the World Cup.

#HOSPITALS The highest number of patients on trolleys so far this year has been recorded today, with the INMO reporting that 669 people are on trolleys in Irish hospitals.

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