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

IRELAND

Iness Ahern from Co Cork at the Design & Craft Council Ireland’s Irish Craft Village at Bord Bia Bloom. The DCCI Irish Craft Village is open until 3 June at Bloom in The Phoenix Park. Marc O'Sullivan Marc O'Sullivan

• A top Irish surgeon said there is grave concern amongst the medical community about people going abroad for weight loss (bariatric) surgeries.
• Tánaiste Micheál Martin hit out against BAM, contractors of the National Children’s Hospital, telling the Dáil that the company is likely engaging in a commercial strategy “to try and extract more funding and more money from the Irish people”.
• Tents set up by asylum seekers at the Grand Canal in Dublin have been cleared and more than 100 men who had been staying there have been moved on in the third such operation in recent weeks.
• The High Court heard that the State cannot house almost 2,000 asylum seekers “at the drop of a hat” amid claims that is is breaching their human rights by leaving them homeless. 
• A major operation today by the Criminal Assets Bureau resulted in the seizure of Rolex watches, jet-skis, vehicles, and around €218,000 in cash.
• A High Court judge granted an interim injunction that will temporarily reverse the decision by Science Foundation Ireland to dismiss Philip Nolan as its Director General.
• A retired garda who was a sergeant at Waterford Garda Station in the late 1980s has said he “probably would have known” about any investigation into Bill Kenneally if one was carried out by his then-superiors.
• Former Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly punched two men and dragged one of them along the ground in an “unprovoked” New Year’s Eve attack, a court has heard.
• Roy Keane gestured towards an Arsenal fan during a football match to “meet him outside” after “banter turned more aggressive”, a court has heard.
• RTÉ presenter Rachael English was named as the new presenter of the News at One on RTÉ Radio One.

INTERNATIONAL

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#RAFAH: Intense shelling and gunfire rocked Rafah in southern Gaza today after Israel declared it had seized a strategic corridor along the Palestinian territory’s border with Egypt.

#TRUMP TRIAL: The jury in former US president Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed deliberations.

#RECOGNITION: The Slovenian Government approved a decision to recognise the state of Palestine.

#LONDON: A nine-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital and three other men have been injured after a shooting in east London.

#ICELAND: A volcano erupting on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland decreased significantly in intensity today, the country’s weather office said.

PARTING SHOT

Inside Terminal 1 at Dublin Airport. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

With the June bank holiday just around the corner, many people have decided to jet off for a few days.

Dublin Airport is expecting around 450,000 passengers over the weekend, and has warned that all of their car parks are now sold out.

The airport has advised passengers to take a bus or taxi or get a lift if they haven’t already sorted parking and in today’s poll, we wanted to know how you travel to our largest airport.

Take part here or see how others have been voting.