NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

• A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of another boy at a Tusla residential care facility in Donaghmede, north Dublin, earlier this week. 
• Met Éireann has upgraded its rain warning in Cork tomorrow night to Status Orange.
• A murder trial jury has been handed a hard plastic handle that a garda found over a garden wall near to where a man was beaten to death in Dublin last year.
• The HSE only officially informed the Land Development Agency (LDA) this week that it planned to sell off Baggot Street Hospital -  after the huge building in Dublin city centre had already been put up for sale. 
• The two remaining candidates faced off again this morning, as they went head-to-head in a roughly 35-minute-long debate on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland. 
• A number of horses died early this morning following a single vehicle collision just outside of Kilkenny City. 
• A third of children say they can use screens “whenever they want”, while nearly half acknowledge they spend too much time online.

INTERNATIONAL

Taoiseach Micheál Martin sits beside Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Education Helen McEntee during a North South Ministerial Council plenary meeting RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

#WHITE HOUSE MEETING Donald Trump has said Russia’s war can end without providing US long-range missiles to Ukraine, spelling dissapointment for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who came to the White House looking to bolster his country’s defence.

#BRITISH ROYALS Prince Andrew is to stop using his remaining titles and honours, including the Duke of York, in the wake of the Epstein scandal, he has announced.

#FOOTBALL The UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said it was the “wrong decision” to ban fans of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv from next month’s Europa League game at Aston Villa.

PARTING SHOT 

Band members Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Nicky Byrne at the MCD press conference today in 3Arena in Dublin RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

Westlife will kick off their 25th anniversary world tour with a five-night residency in Dublin’s 3Arena next September. 

The boyband made the announcement on social media this morning.

Shane Filan, Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan will perform the shows from Tuesday, 22 September to Saturday, 26 September 2026.

The concerts will bring the band’s total number of performances at the 3Arena to 74 shows, a figure unmatched by any other artist in the venue’s history.