January 8: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Cillian Murphy has won a Best Actor Golden Globe for his role in Oppenheimer
Irish actor Cillian Murphy has won a Golden Globe award for best performance by a male actor for his leading role in the film Oppenheimer. The Christopher Nolan film won big at the event last night, taking home five awards in total for best director, best supporting actor, best original score, best film and Murphy’s best actor award. Accepting the award, Murphy said he knew the making of the film would be different the first time he walked onto Nolan’s set.
The Journal

UK challenges Ireland on record tackling legacy issues
The UK government has challenged Ireland to set out its own record on tackling legacy issues, as it formally registered its regret at Dublin’s decision to take legal action against its Troubles legislation. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has written to Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin questioning the move by Ireland’s Government to challenge the UK’s contentious legacy laws in the European Court of Human Rights. The British Ambassador to Ireland Paul Johnston issued the letter yesterday evening. In it, Mr Heaton-Harris again challenges Mr Martin to list the number of prosecutions mounted in the State since 1998 related to Troubles incidents.
RTÉ

Two die in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Co Longford
Two people have died in what is suspected to be a tragic case of carbon monoxide poisoning in north Co Longford over the weekend. The bodies of the couple, who are said locally to have been in their 60s, were discovered late on Saturday evening at their remote home around five kilometers outside the town of Granard close to the border with Co Westmeath. It is understood the couple had two grown-up children who were not in the house in the townland of Killasona when the tragedy happened.
Independent.ie

RTÉ boss eyes €2m sale of Cork building and views potential new city centre base
RTÉ Cork is to start the process of finding a new location in the city centre this month, with the current site at Fr Mathew Quay to go up for sale with a price tag of around €2m. It is understood that RTÉ has already viewed space in the One Albert Quay building in Cork city centre as a potential option when it moves from its existing site. In an interview with the Irish Examiner, RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst also revealed that an increase in production from Cork is being considered, including extending The Today Show and Nationwide.
The Irish Examiner

Alaska Airlines plane had warnings days before mid-air blowout
Alaska Airlines placed restrictions on the Boeing plane involved in a dramatic mid-air blowout after pressurisation warnings in the days before Friday’s incident, investigators say. Pilots reported warning lights on three previous flights, said Jennifer Homendy of the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). As a result, the airline prevented the jet from making long-haul flights over water, Ms Homendy said. No-one on board was hurt in the drama.
BBC News

Peregrine Mission One live: First US moon lander since Apollo blasts off
The spacecraft could be the first US mission to land on the moon since 1972 if successful. “It’ll be a wild, wild ride,” the CEO of the company behind Peregrine’s creation has promised. Follow along as we bring you live updates from the launch at Cape Canaveral.
Sky News

Al Jazeera accuses Israel of ‘targeted strike’ as two of its journalists killed in Gaza
Al Jazeera has said two of its Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli strike on their car, in what the Qatar-based media network claimed was a “targeted killing”. Hamza Wael Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuria, who also worked as a video stringer for AFP and other news organisations, were killed while they were “on their way to carry out their duty” for the channel in the Gaza Strip, the network said. A third freelance journalist travelling with them, Hazem Rajab, was seriously injured. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza also confirmed the deaths and blamed an Israeli strike.
The Guardian

Today’s forecast
Frost, icy patches, mist and fog in many areas this morning. These will slowly clear with bright or sunny spells developing. Most places will be dry. There will be some showers in eastern coastal counties. Highest temperatures of 3 to 6 degrees with light to moderate easterly breezes. Tonight will be very cold and mainly dry with a widespread sharp frost and icy patches. A few isolated showers may develop in the south, possibly wintry on hills. Some patches of mist or fog also. Lowest temperatures of -4 to +1 degrees with light easterly breezes. A Status Yellow Ice and Fog warning has also been issued for the entire country.
Met Éireann