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

IRELAND

Tomás Ó Brógáin from Oireas Historical Services, as Don Juan del Águila, reading a proclamation aboard recreated Spanish galleon, Neu Santa Maria, in Kinsale to commemorate Battle of Kinsale 425 years ago. John Allen John Allen

• Two men were killed following separate single-vehicle collisions in the early hours of this morning.
• The government is using protected disclosures legislation as a “political hiding place” to avoid questions on the handling of allegations made by garda whistleblowers, a TD said.
• A controlled explosion was carried out on a “viable suspicious device” in Finglas yesterday evening.
• Over 40 people were today deported to Georgia after a deportation order, with the chartered flight costing over €225,000, excluding VAT.
• A motorcyclist in his 50s died after he was involved in a collision with a van in Co Wexford.
• Lidl is selling ‘jack mackerel’ that is not actually mackerel – what is going on? Valerie Flynn has been getting to the bottom of it for The Journal.
• A number of roads are closed in Dublin city centre this evening and tomorrow due to an event connected to Ireland’s presidency of the European Council.
• A 44-year-old man was charged after a public sculpture in Belfast city centre known as the ‘Big Fish’ was damaged in the early hours of this morning.
• Two people were arrested after an e-bike was driven the wrong way down a dual carriageway in Belfast.
• A man was dragged from his car and beaten by a number of masked men during an attack in a town in Co Down last night.
• Researchers from University of Galway are part of an international team working to restore deep-sea coral reefs damaged by bottom trawling by installing 3D-printed artificial reefs.

INTERNATIONAL

Flames and smoke are seen rising from an oil refinery in Moscow UGC via AP UGC via AP

#MOSCOW: Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds launched towards Moscow, officials said, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections.

#GERMANY: The far right and far left had more success in German state elections on Sunday, dealing yet another blow to embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz – who has vowed to stay the course.

#MIDDLE EAST: The US warned that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could “escalate rapidly” after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed.

#PHILADELPHIA: Ed Sheeran admitted he made “mistakes” and condemned the “catastrophic” situation in Gaza as he returned to the stage Saturday for the first time since rapper Macklemore was cancelled as a support act for making pro-Palestine comments on stage.

#ARC DE TRUMP: A massive arch that Donald Trump wants to build on a historic location in Washington will double as a base for drones and snipers, the US president announced.

#DIANA: Princess Diana’s brother felt it was his “duty… as an eyewitness to history” to write a new memoir chronicling the life of his sister, which has included a series of damning claims about Britain’s King Charles.

PARTING SHOT

Ian looks on as Janet reacts to being informed that someone was murdered in plain sight RTÉ RTÉ

“I was screaming at my telly”: It turns out that Janet’s reaction to how the last episode of The Traitors Ireland went was the same as ours.

The hit show returns to our screens tonight as the game enters its final week.

You can read about Janet and DJ’s reflection on their time on the show here.

Janet said that while she’s 100% faithful, it’s “hard to see how the faithful can come out of this”.

“I’m hoping for a faithful win, and I’m hoping that the info that I’ve left marinates in the faithful soup, and they figure it out.”

The Traitors Ireland continues tonight at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player and we’ll see if anything has indeed “marinated” in the “faithful soup”.