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

IRELAND

Firefighters are tackling gorse fires in the Dublin Mountains RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• The number of people in emergency accommodation increased by 31 last month, reaching a new record high of 17,548.
• The family of one of two men who died during the swim section of an Ironman event in Youghal, Co Cork in 2023 has expressed disappointment with the result of the inquest.
• Yuno Energy has announced its first-ever price increase for Irish customers, with electricity and gas bills set to rise from 1 July.
• A letter written by Jeffrey Donaldson to a woman who has accused him of sexual assault expressing “regret” was “nothing to do” with the allegations, a court has heard.
• The Taoiseach has said that if the boycott of Ireland men’s football team’s matches with Israel go ahead, they may still have “no impact at all” on Fifa or Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
• Sinéad Gibney said she’s had a “tough few months” after getting diagnosed with melanoma last summer.
• Uber has introduced a new feature to its app that allows passengers to record audio of their trip if they feel uncomfortable or unsafe.

INTERNATIONAL

Rome Senate presentation of UN special rapporteur's report on the occupied Palestinian territories Alamy Alamy

#CAVE RESCUE: A rescue team has today freed one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than a week.

#ROMANIA: A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Romania early this morning, wounding two people and prompting strong condemnation from Nato and the European Union.

#FROZEN FUNDS: Hungary’s new prime minister Péter Magyar met European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen today as Budapest pushes to secure a rapid release of billions of euros in frozen EU funds.

PARTING SHOT

Here's our video of the explosion at Launch Complex 36. It happened about 9 pm ET (0100 UTC) as Blue Origin was beginning a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket.

Watch live views: https://t.co/tm2wZQmAVD pic.twitter.com/PmbgQC6Qmq

— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) May 29, 2026

Blue Origin’s new Glenn rocket exploded during a test on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, though officials said no injuries were reported from the incident.

It could set back the company’s plans to build a base at the Moon’s South Pole by 2028.

Video from the incident shows smoke emerging from beneath the rocket – which stands 98 metres tall – before it fully combusts into a massive fireball.