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

IRELAND

Swans in the Dublin sunshine today. Sasko Lazarov Sasko Lazarov

• Met Éireann issued a Status Orange thunderstorm warning for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.
• A man was granted bail today after he was charged in connection with an alleged racist verbal attack on canvassers for a Fianna Fáil local election candidate in Limerick city.
• A garda was hospitalised after being struck by a car while responding to a callout to an incident in a Castleknock apartment complex last night.
• Roughly 160 Ukrainians are being moved from the hotel they’ve lived in for over two years in Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim by the end of the month, but they don’t know yet where to.
• A man in his 50s has died following a fatal crash in Co Wicklow.
• Bank of Ireland has warned consumers of a new wave of purchase scams, with a 32% increase in reports of this type of fraud to the bank last year.
• Roderic O’Gorman defended the presence of the Israeli ambassador to Ireland at the National Famine Commemoration in Co Longford yesterday, saying the Government will continue to “put pressure” on Israeli officials.
• Trinity College Dublin has confirmed it has withdrawn a €214,000 fine issued against its students’ union over a series of protests on its campus.

INTERNATIONAL

Rescue teams are seen near the site of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in north-western Iran.

#ISRAEL: The International Criminal Court has sought arrests warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on war crimes charges.

#IRAN: Iranian president Ebrahaim Raisi was declared dead after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic.

#THE OTHER SIDE: Adam Daly – a former The Journal reporter now based in New York – stopped by the re-opened Portal installation to see what the feelings were.

PARTING SHOT

With the European elections just around the corner, The Journal’s politics podcast, The Candidate, returns for a new season as part of the EU 2024 Explained series to examine each of Ireland’s constituencies in the European parliament.

Presented by Political Editor Christina Finn, our first episode heads to Ireland South, and we’re joined by an expert panel to look at the main issues in the area and gauge who the serious candidates are.

It features Damien Tiernan, presenter of Déise Today on WLR FM and former RTÉ south-east correspondent; Theresa Reidy, political scientist and lecturer at University College Cork; Muiris O’Cearbhaill, reporter with The Journal currently focusing on the EU and Rónán Duffy, Assistant News Editor with The Journal.

You can listen here.