February 26: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Gardaí await post-mortem after body found in Co Kerry
Gardaí investigating the death of an elderly man whose body was discovered in Castlemaine, Co Kerry, yesterday say they are awaiting the results of a post-mortem examination. This will determine the course of their investigation. The body of the man, aged in his 80s, was found at a house on the Tralee Road in Castlemaine. Gardaí were called to the area after the alarm was raised and the house was immediately sealed off. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was brought to University Hospital Kerry and a post-mortem examination is due to take place, probably today.
RTÉ

Israeli military proposes ‘plan for evacuating’ Gaza civilians ahead of feared Rafah invasion
Israel’s military has proposed a plan for moving civilians out of “areas of fighting” in Gaza, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Netanyahu is pushing forward with plans to stage a ground operation in Rafah, claiming such a move is necessary, while international governments and humanitarian organisations have demanded the plan does not go ahead, expressing fears that an invasion of Rafah would inflict mass civilian casualties. More than 1.4 million Palestinians, most of them displaced from other parts of Gaza, are sheltering in Rafah, the southern border city.
The Journal

Dáil committee calls for Comptroller & Auditor General to oversee RTÉ
RTÉ should in future be subjected to new financial controls as well as greater oversight around contracts and big exit packages, a new report from the Dáil’s most powerful committee is set to recommend. Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are due to meet on Tuesday to finalise a 70-page report into recent revelations around events in RTÉ, with the report set to call for the State broadcaster to come under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG).
The Irish Times

Ryanair tried to get state action over disruptive passengers on their flights
Ryanair has failed in a bid to get the Department of Justice to take action in relation to disruptive passengers on board their flights. Michael O’Leary, the group chief executive, wrote to the minister last year to say it was “crucial” that, as a matter of policy, Irish authorities asserted their jurisdiction in relation to on-board incidents, in order to provide an effective deterrent against disruptive behaviour.
Independent.ie

Cork road fatality the 35th of 2024
A man in his 20s became the 35th person to die on Irish roads so far this year on Sunday following a crash in Cork, one of several serious collisions on Irish roads yesterday. Two other people were rushed to Cork University Hospital following the single-car crash in Rathanker near Passage West in Cork at around 2.30am yesterday. The victim was named locally as Ricky Barry (23). The young man suffered fatal injuries in the collision while the other occupants of the car received injuries described as non-life-threatening.
The Irish Examiner

Politics latest: Lee Anderson’s comments that sparked Islamophobia row condemned by PM
After remaining silent over the weekend, Rishi Sunak has now condemned Lee Anderson’s comments about Sadiq Khan as “wrong”. The PM is holding a cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber this morning. Listen to the latest Politics At Jack And Sam’s as you scroll.
Sky News

Portugal’s far right on rise as election campaign begins
Portugal’s two-week general election campaign has officially begun with centre-right and centre-left parties leading in the polls, but a far-right populist forecast to collect almost a fifth of the vote is a further sign of Europe’s nativist drift. Chega (Enough), led by 41-year-old former football commentator André Ventura, could become kingmaker if the polls prove accurate. His party scored 1.3% of votes in 2019’s election but jumped to 7.3% in 2022 and has since climned by about 19%. Luís Montenegro, leader of the conservative Social Democratic party (SDP), launched his campaign in the northern district of Bragança, saying he was confident of a “great victory” for the three-party alliance he has formed with two smaller rightist parties.
The Guardian

Today’s forecast
Patchy frost and ice clearing to a mainly dry and bright day with long sunny spells. Isolated light showers in the north and northwest will clear by this afternoon. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees in a moderate northerly wind, that will back westerly and ease by this evening. Mostly dry and clear at first tonight with light southwest breezes. Some frost will set in with lows of -1 to 4 degrees. Later in the night, increasing cloud will bring rain, drizzle and mist to the west and north with a rise in temperatures.
Met Éireann