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

Joni Scott-Mulcahy (age 12) with Nuala O'Connell, Andrew Parkes and Margaret Casey is pictured ahead of The Conference of Birds, a unique intergenerational performance taking place at the DLR Mill Theatre Dundrum from May 15 to 16. Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie Leon Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

IRELAND

• The government jet left Tenerife with two Irish people who were on board a cruise ship struck by hantavirus.
• Gardaí appealed for the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old schoolgirl Emily Walsh Hamilton, who is believed to have flown to France.
• Workers at the National Ambulance Service who are members of trade unions Unite and Siptu will begin work-to-rule industrial action on Monday.
• Some 300,000 names have been removed from Ireland’s electoral registers in the last two years, according to the chief executive of the Electoral Commission. 
• The minister for justice said he is considering a scheme which would offer payments to Ukrainian refugees who return to their home country.

INTERNATIONAL

A Spanish passenger is sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain. AP AP

#UK ELECTION FALLOUT: A Labour MP vowed to launch a leadership campaign against British prime minister Keir Starmer if he is not ousted by his Cabinet by tomorrow. 

#LEBANON: Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut killed four people yesterday, while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, the Health Ministry said.

PARTING SHOT

David Tennant as Lord Tony Baddingham in season one of the hit show, based on the novels of Jilly Cooper. Happy Prince / Walt Disney Pictures Happy Prince / Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Pictures

SEASON TWO OF Disney+ smash-hit Rivals, starring our very own Aidan Turner and Victoria Smurfit, is kicking off on Friday.

Based on Jilly Cooper’s steamy Rutshire Chronicles, the show charts the rivalry between Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) and MP Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), and their separate television broadcasters.

In today’s poll, we asked if you plan on watching the second season – you can vote and see the results here.