Good morning.It’s the last week of the byelection campaigns in Dublin Central and Galway West. Voting takes place on Friday, so it’s all hands to the pumps for the parties and candidates for a final frantic few days of canvassing and campaigning. Here’s our guide to the final week. And you can follow our live coverage here. *One is delighted to note that, as reported in The Irish Times a few weeks back, a visit to Ireland by Britain’s King Charles is firmly on the agenda, perhaps as early as next year.President Catherine Connolly is on an official visit to the UK and met the king for tea (lovely, lovely) at Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, the plan for a royal visit here – following his mother’s groundbreaking sojourn in 2011 – was confirmed by the President, who said the king had “graciously accepted” her invitation. Splendid. The President also warned about the “normalisation of slaughter” and the need to “decolonise our minds”. Earlier Connolly reflected to an audience at an Irish centre in London on the history of Irish emigration to Britain, and noted a modern parallel. “Historically, modern-day immigration was driven by economic factors, with large numbers leaving Ireland for London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and elsewhere,” she said. “This occurred in waves and we know that from the 19th century and the 20th century, and unfortunately today as well, we have people leaving our shores for various reasons, but some of them for lack of housing.”Connolly also said she was “upset and worried” about her sister, who has been reportedly detained by the Israeli military while trying to break the blockade of Gaza as part of a flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists. *The State’s diplomats and officials based in Brussels were privately advised to be on guard to rebuff any “approaches” made by lobbyists working for the tobacco industry in a warning circulated late last year. Internal emails show that 280 officials working in Ireland’s permeant representation to the EU in Brussels were warned off meeting lobbyists from Big Tobacco, or their agents. It’s our lead story today. *The Cabinet meets this morning and among the issues to be discussed is a proposal – dating from the last scandal – for RTÉ to be brought under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the State’s audit service. What will this mean? Regular appearances at the Public Accounts Committee for RTÉ top brass. They’ll love that. Harry McGee’s report is here. *The long campaign for the leadership of the British Labour Party is well under way. Wes Streeting, who resigned from the cabinet last week after declaring Keir Starmer (whom he had recently been defending to the hilt) was actually useless, said over the weekend that he would seek to lead the UK back into the EU. This put rival Andy Burnham in a tight spot, as long-time remainer Burnham is running in the coming byelection in a constituency that was strongly pro-leave. Tricky. Burham’s allies decried Streeting’s move, a sign it has had the desired effect. But could the UK really rejoin? Best readsMore than half of family septic tanks inspected last year were faulty or malfunctioning, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), suggesting that as many as 290,000 homes may be affected, Caroline O’Doherty reports. Fintan O’Toole on racism, the Bert and Gerry Hutch. This story is going to get more attention: the man who died after being tackled by security guards on Henry Street. Further evidence of the AI jobs squeeze. PlaybookThe Cabinet gathers for its weekly meeting at Government Buildings this morning. In the Dáil, Taoiseach Micheál Martin will face Mary Lou McDonald and other Opposition leaders in Leaders’ Questions at 2pm. After that the chief whip will present the programme for the week that has been discussed at the business committee. Then the Opposition will disagree with it, and there’ll be a vote. The Government will win the vote, and then they can all get on with things.Later, there’ll be statements on biodiversity, a Sinn Féin motion on evictions and rent hikes, and oral questions to the Minister for Housing.In the Seanad, there’s a statement on the priorities of the Office of Public Works (bike shelters might be mentioned) and a lengthy schedule of committee meetings. Highlights include: a discussion on deepfakes at the AI Committee; representatives of NGOs active in Sierra Leone at the Foreign Affairs Committee; Jim O’Callaghan and Helen McEntee at the Justice Committee; the leaders of An Coimisiún Pleanála at the Housing Committee; and union and social justice NGOs at the Budgetary Oversight Committee. Full details of all the hearings are available here. Elsewhere, RTÉ chief Kevin Bakhurst and his fellow executives from the national broadcaster are meeting with Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan to discuss the recent revelations about RTÉ’s list of best paid presenters. Hugh Linehan discusses the issue here. The President’s visit to London continues today. She’ll be at the Chelsea Flower Show. Splendid.