March 12: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Referendums’ defeat leads to divisions between Ministers over blame for failed campaign
The Government is struggling to contain fallout from the double-referendum defeat after public divisions between Ministers over responsibility for the failed campaign. In a further sign of disarray, after voters rejected two proposals to change the Constitution, anti-hate speech legislation from Minister for Justice Helen McEntee came under attack within the Coalition.
The Irish Times

‘Cries of the innocent will haunt us if we stay silent’: Taoiseach calls for Gaza ceasefire in Boston speech
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has used his first speech in the US to call for humanitarian ceasefire in Palestine. Leo Varadkar begins a week-long visit stateside for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations, which will include a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Friday and the traditional shamrock ceremony on Sunday. The Taoiseach arrived in Boston today, and in his first speech of the trip at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The Journal

Conditions for IP applicants in city tents deteriorating
Conditions for International Protection applicants who are sleeping in tents in Dublin city centre are deteriorating. Several of the men there have scabies, while others have respiratory conditions. A group of volunteers called Social Rights Ireland have said they are now overwhelmed and have called on the Government to step in.
RTÉ

Later nightclub openings will lead to more road deaths, RSA warns
New laws to allow nightclubs to open until 6am and pubs until 2.30am will lead to more trauma and deaths on Irish roads, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has warned the Government. The chair of the RSA Board, Liz O’Donnell, has written to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Justice Minister Helen McEntee, Transport Minister Eamon Ryan, and junior minister Jack Chambers urging them to stop progressing the legislation on late-night openings. The letter, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, was sent on January 31, urging ministers to pause for an assessment of a potential rise in fatalities on the roads.
The Irish Examiner

Deposit return scheme collects over five million containers since launch
Nearly one million drinks containers were returned last weekend as part of the Deposit Return Scheme, bringing the total to over 5.6 million since it launched. More containers were returned in the first seven days of March than were recorded in the month of February as the scheme grows in momentum. It was launched on February 1, with over 2,300 Reverse Vending Machines now accessible across the country.
Independent.ie

Gaza war: First aid ship sets off from Cyprus
A ship taking almost 200 tonnes of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday, in a pilot project to open a new sea route of aid to a population on the brink of famine. The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein. The ship belongs to a Spanish charity of the same name. Exactly where it plans to dock when it reaches Gaza has not been disclosed.
BBC News

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan detained in Romania after arrest warrant issued by UK
Controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over allegations of sexual aggression. The brothers were detained on Monday night on charges that date back to between 2012 and 2015. They were handed an arrest warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates Court in London – and an investigation is pending. Andrew, 37, and Tristan, 35, deny all allegations against them.
Sky News

Calls to examine Russian Red Cross links to Putin’s war in Ukraine
The international Red Cross movement is under pressure to take action against the Russian Red Cross (RRC) over close links between the group and the Kremlin’s war and propaganda machine. The evidence includes the RRC president’s central role in a pro-Putin “patriotic” organisation, senior RRC staff who speak of the impossibility of peace with “Ukrainian Nazis”, and RRC participation in military training for children.
The Guardian

Today’s forecast
A mostly cloudy and damp day overall. Starting off mainly dry with just scattered outbreaks of rain or drizzle and mist. Rain will become persistent and heavy at times in the southwest and west through the day. Breezy, with a moderate to fresh southwesterly wind, strong in the west and southwest. Highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees. Coastal flooding is possible due to unusually high tides. A band of more persistent rain will move into the west and northwest early tonight and will move southeastwards overnight, becoming lighter and patchier. It will become dry with some clear spells in the northwest towards morning. Breezy with a moderate to fresh and gusty southwesterly wind. Mild for much of the night with lowest temperatures of generally 7 to 11 degrees, becoming cooler towards morning in the northwest where temperatures will fall to 4 degrees locally. A Status Yellow Rain warning has also been issued for Cork and Kerry.
Met Éireann