The 5 at 5: Wednesday

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

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

1. #BILL SIGNED President Catherine Connolly has decided not to refer the International Protection Bill 2026 to the Supreme Court, signing the Bill into law.

2. #STAMP DUTY Fianna Fáil’s housing spokesperson Séamus McGrath has asked the Taoiseach to consider reintroducing relief on stamp duty for first-time buyers.

3. #ENOCH BURKE Enoch Burke has applied to overturn a High Court finding from 2023 that he was fairly suspended by Wilson’s Hospital School, and a subsequent injunction issued that year which requires him to stay away from its grounds.

4. #MANDELSON SAGA Irishman Morgan McSweeney has been called to appear before the UK foreign affairs committee as Keir Starmer remains under fire over the Peter Mandelson scandal.

5. #TRINITY FRAUD A “middleman” involved in a scheme that defrauded a Trinity College hardship fund of over €500,000 has been jailed for one year.