October 16: Today’s top stories in 60 seconds

Israel says no truce in south Gaza as ground invasion looms
Israel has denied increasing speculation that humanitarian aid will be able to get into Gaza from Egypt later today. Egyptian security sources suggested the Rafah border crossing will open shortly for eight hours in a deal being brokered by the UN, the US, Egypt and Israel. Hundreds of trucks are waiting in the Sinai town of Al-Arish for permission to enter Gaza. Rafah is the only crossing into the territory not controlled by Israel.
RTÉ

Drink-driving checks by Garda have halved since pre-pandemic levels
The number of alcohol breath tests carried out at Garda checkpoints has dropped by more than half compared with pre-pandemic levels while the number of gardaí assigned to roads policing is at its lowest level since 2017. An analysis of enforcement trends by The Irish Times also reveals far fewer motorists are being caught using mobile phones, while speeding detections by the Garda are much lower compared with the pandemic period, when traffic volume plummeted.
The Irish Times

RTÉ spent thousands of euro on Fair City staff’s stay in four-star hotel for ‘residential story conference’
RTÉ has revealed that it spent more than €5,000 for Fair City producers and scriptwriters to stay overnight at a four-star hotel just 20 minutes’ drive from its Montrose campus for what it called a “residential story conference” last month. The event – details of which were first revealed by the Irish Independent last month – took place just two days before RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst announced an immediate freeze on ­recruitment and all discretionary spending in the face of an unprecedented financial crisis at the station.
Independent.ie

Vigil for Tina Satchwell to take place in hometown of Fermoy
Family and friends of Tina Satchwell will gather in her hometown in Fermoy, Cork, to remember her life at a candlelight vigil. The remains of Ms Satchwell were discovered at her home in Youghal last week, six years after she was first reported missing in 2017.
The Irish Examiner

FactCheck: Misleading claims about sex education found on leaflets about the SPHE curriculum
Leaflets about sex education which have recently been distributed in Dublin include misleading claims about changes to the Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum. The leaflets make a number of claims about the curriculum, which is in the process of being updated by the Government. Some of these leaflets were distributed by an event hosted by Christian Voice Ireland, who held an “information evening” about SPHE in recent weeks at the National Stadium in Dublin. Attendees were encouraged to take leaflets with them to warn others about the SPHE curriculum, and to form groups with other parents to lobby politicians against it.
The Journal

Polish election: Right-wing ruling party to lose majority – exit poll
The right-wing populist Law and Justice party is on course to win most seats in Poland’s general election, an exit poll suggests, but is unlikely to secure a third term in office. Known as PiS, it is set to win 36.6% of the vote, with the centrist opposition on 31%, says the Ipsos poll. If that is correct, Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition has a better chance of forming a coalition. He is aiming to end eight years of PiS rule under leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
Sky News

‘A knife in your heart’: Indigenous Australians grapple with grief after voice defeat
The day after the Australian people rejected a proposal to recognise First Nations people in the constitution, elder Geraldine Hogarth wept in her Goldfields home. “It’s a sad day for us. The grief hurts so much, it’s like a knife in your heart,” the Kuwarra Pini Tjalkatarra woman said. Hogarth has lived in Leonora all her life and has spent her life’s work advocating for the education and wellbeing of community children – and was awarded an Order of Australia for her efforts.
The Guardian

Today’s forecast
Today will be mainly dry with bright or sunny spells. The best of the sunshine will be over the northern half of the country. It will be cloudier in the south. Highest temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees with light to moderate east to southeast breezes. Tonight will be mainly dry with clear spells over the northern half of the country and lowest temperatures of 0 to 5 degrees with frost possible. Thickening cloud in the south will extend northwards overnight. Milder in the south with lows of 7 to 12 degrees. Light to moderate easterly winds will increase fresh in the southwest overnight.
Met Éireann