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

IRELAND

Artist Alice Rekab with their artworks in Dublin 8 as part of the multiphase public art initiative ‘These Walls’, founded and funded by the Guinness Storehouse and inspired by the identity, vibrancy and history of the area. RollingNews.ie RollingNews.ie

• Tipperary County Council voted to back businessman Gareth Sheridan’s bid for the upcoming presidential election.
• Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Government will take steps to rezone land for housing if council bosses fail to do so.
• Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes left his party leader to face the media today following the revelation that he wore brown make-up when dressing up as Barack Obama in 2009. 
• Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys faced further questions about her attendance at Orange Order events as she attended the National Ploughing Championships.
• Two more people were arrested as part of the investigation into the 2010 murder of Lee Slattery.
• A woman in her 30s was seriously injured following an alleged assault in Co Westmeath.
• The trade union for financial services workers will ballot AIB staff on new hybrid working protocols put forward by the bank.
• Irish Rail revised the autumn train timetable for the Dublin area to adjust for leaves on the tracks.

INTERNATIONAL

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel. Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

#PALESTINE: United Nations investigators concluded that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

#UTAH: Tyler Robinson was charged with the aggravated murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk last week, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty. 

#BIG FIVE: The Spanish public broadcaster RTVE confirmed the country plans to withdraw from next year’s Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to compete.

#MURDER TRIAL: A judge dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York’s case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, but kept the state’s second-degree murder charges against the 27-year-old.

PARTING SHOT

Tributes poured in from across Hollywood today following the news that legendary American actor and director Robert Redford had died at the age of 89.

One of the biggest film stars of the 1970s, Redford was best known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men.

His most famous screen partner was his old friend and fellow activist Paul Newman, who he starred opposite in Butch Cassidy.

We’ll leave you with a famous scene from the 1969 classic.