A 23-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in a lorry in Essex.

A northern Irish man alleged to have delivered the refrigerated trailer in which 39 migrants were found dead last month was travelling on an Irish passport at the time, the High Court has heard.

All 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in England last month have now been formally identified, police has said.

The 39 migrants found dead in the back of a lorry in England are believed to be Vietnamese nationals, Essex police has said.

The tragedy in Essex should prompt deep reflection on how we deal with the refugee crisis, writes Michael Clifford.

Police have begun the process of moving the 39 bodies from the container of a lorry found in Essex to a mortuary.

Helen McEntee, the European Affairs Minister, got visbily upset in the Dáil when she was responding to questions about the Essex tragedy in which 39 bodies were discovered in a lorry trailer.

The lorry driver arrested in connection with the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry container in Essex, England has been named in reports as Mo Robinson from Portadown in Co Armagh.

A teenager gunned a man down outside a petrol station over a comment that he "looked like the Milky Bar Kid", and he is still on the run from police, a trial heard.

A lorry has plunged off a bridge in England before bursting into flames on to a busy road below.

A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after the body of a woman and a critically injured man were found at a house in Essex.

A man's body has been discovered in a burned-out car in Essex, triggering a murder investigation.

A man who suffered “serious knife wounds” after he was attacked by a gang on a night out reportedly had his hand cut off.

Two people have died after a light aircraft crashed in a field.

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