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

IRELAND

Fans queue outside the Oasis merchandise store on St Stephen's Green in Dublin, ahead of the band's second night of the Oasis Live '25 tour. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

• Former Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys has confirmed that she is considering running to be the party’s nominee in the presidential election, as MEP Seán Kelly said he is “enthusiastically reconsidering” the same.
• Met Éireann has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for three counties tomorrow.
• Tens of thousands of Oasis fans descended on Croke Park yesterday for the brothers’ first Irish show since 2009, but it didn’t quite go off without a hitch as problems were reported by attendees.
• Controversial fees that were added on to renters’ bills by charging them for use of the common areas of their buildings have been dropped in more than 50 apartments by the country’s largest private landlord.
• A grassroots scheme that was contracted to help provide accommodation to Ukrainian people in Ireland has said that its contract with the Irish Red Cross has not been renewed – leading to fears of exploitation.

INTERNATIONAL 

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks after attending a video conference with members of the so-called coalition of the willing. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#WASHINGTON: A number of European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House tomorrow.

#GAZA: A 20-year-old Palestinian woman described as being in a “state of severe physical deterioration” has died after being transferred to Italy for treatment.

#UKRAINE WAR: Ukraine and Russia have launched attack drones at each other today, a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due in the United States for talks with President Donald Trump on ending three years of war with Russia.

PARTING SHOT

FOR MANY, THE flexibility of working from home was one of the few silver linings of the pandemic. But now, that flexibility seems to be disappearing.

In recent weeks, a growing number of companies have started calling their staff back to the office, sparking a major debate about the future of work.

This week on The Explainer podcast Professor Alma McCarthy, the executive dean at the College of Business, Public Policy and Law at University of Galway, joins us to answer: is the golden age of remote work over, or is the genie well and truly out of the bottle with no going back?

You can listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.