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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | David MacRedmond
VETERAN RTÉ RADIO broadcaster Joe Duffy has told Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty “everyone has a story” and that he will miss his job on the radio “so badly”, in an appearance that follows his announcement yesterday that he would be retiring. Duffy jogged onto the set of the Late Late Show this evening to embrace Kielty as the audience gave him a warm round of applause. The Liveline host was in high spirits and full of jokes as he spoke to Kielty about his storied career in broadcasting.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | David MacRedmond
ISRAEL’S DEFENCE MINISTER has vowed a forceful response after a missile fired from Yemen was intercepted, in an attack claimed by the Houthis. “The Houthis continue to launch Iranian missiles at Israel. As we promised, we will respond forcefully in Yemen and wherever necessary,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X. Earlier, Israel’s military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, and AFP journalists reported explosions heard in the Jerusalem area.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | David MacRedmond |Diarmuid Pepper
The 42 is the home of quality journalism for passionate Irish sports fans, bringing you closer to the stories that matter through insightful analysis and sharp sportswriting. HOW FITTING IT was that Peter O’Mahony landed the killer blow. This was one of the most popular tries ever at Thomond Park.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | David MacRedmond
NEED TO CATCH up? The Journal brings you a round-up of today’s news. A seal splashes in the sea off Howth Pier Leah Farrell Leah Farrell• Irish MEPs slammed an offer made by the EU’s top diplomat to assist Israel with a plan to replace aid agencies in Gaza, calling it “utterly shameful” and “against what we stand for”. • A Cork farmer was today unanimously found guilty by a jury of raping a man on two separate occasions.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | David MacRedmond |Diarmuid Pepper
TOMORROW’S MUNSTER CAMOGIE final meeting of Waterford and Cork has been postponed in light of the planned protest by both teams against the wearing of skorts. A week after last Saturday’s Leinster semi-final between Dublin and Kilkenny was almost abandoned when both panels lined out in shorts instead of the mandatory skorts, the Waterford and Munster teams were due to take a similar stance at The Ragg tomorrow.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |David MacRedmond
HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S LAWYERS have sought to raise doubts about a former model’s allegations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. As defence lawyer Mike Cibella began what is likely to be lengthy questioning of Kaja Sokola, he pointed to differences in some details of her evidence this week and what she told a grand jury last year.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | David MacRedmond |Diarmuid Pepper
MEXICO HAS SUED Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said today. “The lawsuit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference, without saying where and when it was submitted. On Thursday, members of Congress in the US voted in favour of the name change, turning into federal law an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in his first week in office in January.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |David MacRedmond
FIVE OTHER SOURCES corroborated allegations about Gerry Adams that were made by an anonymous contributor to a BBC documentary, lawyers representing the broadcaster have told a libel trial. Adams is suing the BBC over what he has deemed to be a “grievous smear” made by a confidential source in a Spotlight documentary that alleged he had sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Féin official who turned out to be an informant.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |David MacRedmond
MANCHESTER UNITED WILL face Tottenham in an all-or-nothing Europa League final after substitute Mason Mount’s magical brace helped secure a 4-1 comeback win against battling Athletic Bilbao. Last week’s fantastic 3-0 semi-final first-leg win at San Mames put the Red Devils within touching distance of a return to Bilbao for the 21 May showpiece, but Ruben Amorim’s side rarely do things the easy way.
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5 days ago | 
thejournal.ie | Diarmuid Pepper |David MacRedmond
POPE LEO XIV will celebrate Mass this morning for the first time since becoming the new head of the Catholic Church. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost was elected by fellow cardinals yesterday to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics after a conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The 69-year-old will return to the chapel this morning celebrate a Mass with cardinals that will be broadcast by the Vatican, delivering his much anticipated first homily as pope.
