Gardai have appealed for witnesses following the death of 19-year-old man in a road traffic collision tonight, writes David Raleigh.

A man has died in a single vehicle crash in Meath this morning.

Five people were killed in the Westminster terror attack, including the police officer who was stabbed and his attacker.

The captain of Derry City Football Club, Ryan McBride, has been found dead in his bedroom.

One person is dead and several have been injured after a crash between two trains in Luxembourg.

At least four people have died following an avalanche in the French Alps.

British socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has died at the age of 45.

Update 5;15pm: It is suspected the 16-year-old boy who died in Cork may have taken drugs.

Ten people have been shot in New Orleans.

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It may take investigators days to untangle a grisly murder scene at a southern Alabama home where five adults, including one pregnant female, were found murdered, authorities said.

Macedonia has declared a state of emergency in parts of the capital hit by torrential rain and floods that left at least 21 people dead.

The crew of LÉ James Joyce discovered 16 dead migrants onboard a metal barge who they believe died of crushing and suffocation because they were so tightly packed into the vessel.

Italian mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, one of the most notorious crime figures of his time, has died in a Milan hospital at the age of 83.

Twenty-five people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Italy.

A suburban police officer likely wouldn’t have shot dead a black motorist if he had been white, Minnesota’s governor has said, joining the national debate in the US over how law enforcement treats black people.

One of the attackers at Istanbul's Ataturk airport blew himself up outside, giving the other two the opportunity to get inside the terminal, Turkey's prime minister has said.

A powerful tornado has struck the outskirts of an eastern Chinese city, killing at least 78 people and destroying buildings, smashing trees and flipping vehicles on their roofs.

A man in his 30s has died this evening after his car struck a wall in Meath.

Neighbours have spoken of their shock after two people were found dead following a bust-up at a property.

More than a dozen canaries were found left for dead after being trapped in a sealed-up cardboard box and dumped at the side of a rural road.

Five people have been killed in a shooting at a garden party in Pennsylvania and at least two gunmen are at large, police have said.

A man has been arrested after the bodies of two women were discovered at a house in Derbyshire.

A former Mafia Boss has been shot dead at his home in Toronto.

At least 45 people have died in a suicide bomb attack in the Syrian capital Damascus.

Satellite images, video footage and witness accounts show that dozens of people allegedly killed by Burundian security forces in December were later buried in mass graves, Amnesty International has reported.

Twenty-one people have been found shot dead in an area of Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, after the government said an unidentified group carried out co-ordinated attacks on three military installations elsewhere.

A transgender prisoner has been found dead in her cell at a maximum security men’s jail.

Two apparent Islamic State attacks have killed at least 15 people and wounded 30 in Yemen’s largest province, security officials said, in the latest sign the extremists are taking advantage of the country’s civil war to expand their reach.

Lomu won 63 caps for New Zealand.

The following is a list of some of the seven attackers who died, as well as others named in the investigation.

Two Spaniards mistakenly declared dead in the Paris attacks have been rejoicing with their families and loved ones.

The bodies of eight babies have been found in a German town.

Fourteen people have died after their wooden boat sank on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos.

Body camera video shows the father of a six-year-old boy who was shot dead in a car had his hands in the air and did not pose a threat before police opened fire, a lawyer said.

A post-mortem will be carried out today on a body found in a crashed car on the outskirts of Galway City.

Austria said 71 refugees including a baby girl were found dead in an abandoned freezer truck, while Libya recovered the bodies of 82 migrants washed ashore after their overcrowded boat sank on its way to Europe and scores more were feared dead.

Toby's body was found in a motel room in the San Fernando Valley on August 21.

A drunken gunman shot dead three members of the same family in a travellers’ camp in north-east France yesterday before killing a police officer who arrived on the scene.

Four Britons died when a seaplane crashed during a sightseeing trip in Canada, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Police have yet to establish a motive for the murder of a mother of three in the North.

The woman who was found dead in Co Mayo yesterday has been named locally as 49-year-old Ann Murphy.

U2’s tour manager Dennis Sheehan has been found dead at a hotel in southern California, a day after the rockers kicked off a five-night stint in the Los Angeles area.