The 5 at 5: Thursday

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

1. #NEWRY CROWN COURT The jury will continue its deliberations in the sexual offences trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson tomorrow morning.

2. #BILL KENNEALLY A survivor of Bill Kenneally’s horrific abuse has said he doesn’t “feel anything” about the paedophile’s death but is “glad to see” he lived to see the inquiry report published on the case earlier this month.

3. #FINGLAS Six people were taken to hospital after a fire destroyed a Dublin home overnight.

4. #MUCKAMORE A public inquiry into the abuse of vulnerable people at Muckamore Abbey Hospital has found “profound and deeply troubling” failures in their care.

5. #EU PRESIDENCY As Ireland prepares to take the reins of the presidency of the EU, Taoiseach Micheál Martin is heading to Brussels to take part in the final meeting of the European Council under Cyprus’s presidency.

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