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

IRELAND

Cork-based Toy Library runs a series of sensory swap-and-play events for children with additional needs. The organisation has saved nearly five tonne of plastic toys in the past 18 months. © Clare Keogh © Clare Keogh

• Storm Dave is heading our way, with a wind warning issued for the entire country for Saturday.
• A man in his 40s was arrested in connection with the murder of Robbie Lawlor in 2020.
• Seán Sweeney, Dublin’s Metrolink director, announced that is stepping down from the long-awaited project.
• From hidden surcharges to cancelled routes, airline carriers are quietly reshaping travel to manage losses.
• A person died in custody at Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.
• Two men were were shot in Limerick and brought to hospital for their injuries early this morning.
• Wicklow GAA came under fire for an April Fool’s Day post which announced major investment to ensure that the ladies Gaelic football and camogie sides would be sharing the grounds as “equal partners”.
• RTÉ’S 2FM announced a shakeup to its schedule to see Tracy Clifford leave her afternoon show and Doireann Garrihy take on the late morning slot.
• Spring has sprung at Dublin Zoo with several new arrivals, including a sea lion from Mallorca and some adorable Galway lambs.

INTERNATIONAL

Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, UAE Altaf Qadri / AP Altaf Qadri / AP / AP

#SPACE EXPLORATION: The four Artemis astronauts circling Earth are awaiting the green light from NASA to head for the Moon and carry out the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

#IRAN:“You have to be serious,” French leader Emmanuel Macron said as he hit out at Donald Trump for his “talk every day” on the Iran war.

#YOU’RE FIRED: Another Trump advisor has bitten the dust, as Pam Bondi was sacked as US attorney general after the loyal supporter of the US president drew criticism for her handling of the Epstein files.

PARTING SHOT

Pope Leo during a visit to Monaco and its royalty in recent days. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

It’s Holy Thursday, which means the pope washes the feet of a group every year in Rome.

But whose feet he washes has been a question that has antagonised Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV today washed the feet of 12 priests, but some have expressed upset that he is not continuing with his predecessor Francis’s custom of washing the feet of migrants and prisoners.

The dispute is another window into the ongoing struggle in the Church between opposing views of what direction it should take, as Diarmuid Pepper explains.