The 5th at 5: Wednesday TheJournal.ie

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EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AT NIGHT, TheJournal.ie brings you the five most important stories of the day.

1. #COVID IN THE CABINET: A Cabinet member tested positive for Covid-19; all the ministers are now restricting their movements and waiting for a Covid-19 test.

2. #BREXCITING: A post-Brexit trade deal could be agreed within hours, EU and UK sources said, as negotiations between the two leaders continued.

3. # COVIDED CASES: HSE Clinical Director Dr Colm Henry said the Covid-19 situation in Ireland is deteriorating faster than in any other European country.

4. # ANOTHER NEW VARIANT: The UK imposed travel restrictions on people arriving from South Africa after two cases of another new variant of Covid-19 were detected.

5. # PRESIDENTIAL FORGIVENESS: Donald Trump pardoned 15 people, including two men convicted of lying to investigators in an investigation into the president’s election campaign.