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GOOD EVENING

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

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you the big news stories you need to know…

#TRAGEDY: Six Irish students have died after a balcony collapsed at a 21st birthday party in the US city of Berkeley, California. Follow our live updates here.

#CLERYS: Hundreds have turned out on O’Connell Street for a protest against the Clerys job losses.

#UNDER SIXES: More problems with the under-sixes GP care website: this time a data breach.

#NO CENTS: It’s official: One and two cent pieces are being scrapped.

#RUNNING: And Donald Trump is running for the White House. For real this time.