A mechanical fault is said to have caused a horrific crash in which a Halloween-themed hay ride plummeted down a wooded hill and slammed into a tree, killing a teenage girl and injuring more than 20 others.

Aisling Brady McCarthy’s lawyers have a filed a scathing objection to testimony implicating the Cavan nanny in the death of a baby girl in Boston at the beginning of 2013.

Lawyers for an Irish nanny accused of killing a baby in the US said medical experts hired by prosecutors have concluded that the child suffered bone fractures weeks before her death when she was not in the nanny’s care.

A ‘fountain of youth’ gene may hold the key to faster healing of injuries and damage caused by degenerative diseases, say scientists.

A lawyer for an Irish nanny charged over the death of a one-year-old girl accused prosecutors of presenting “false and deceptive” information to a grand jury to get a murder indictment against her.

President Barack Obama promised a grieving Boston to hunt down whoever was responsible for the deadly bombing at the marathon, while investigators focused on a man seen dropping off a bag and walking away from the site of the second of Monday’s two explosions.

Officials investigating the Boston Marathon bombing said no additional explosive devices have been discovered other than the two that detonated near the race’s finish line, a development that could complicate the case.

Doctors say they removed a host of sharp objects from children and adults injured by the Boston Marathon explosions.

A lawyer for an Irish nanny charged in the US with beating an infant who later died has won a request to preserve evidence in the case, including the baby’s travel records and a list of people who had access to her.

A blood-stained pillow, blanket and baby wipes were found in the bedroom of a one-year-old child who died after her Irish nanny allegedly assaulted her, according to court records.

An Irish nanny living illegally in America has been charged with violently assaulting a baby who later died, US authorities said.

BATTLING through months of disturbed sleep is only to be expected when you’ve got a new baby.

A 14-month-old twin whose rare condition prevents him from eating, drinking, crying, and swallowing is recovering in a US hospital after finally receiving the lifesaving operation his parents had been praying for.

A Dublin toddler and his parents will be flown to the US today for life-saving treatment.

Baby Sergio O’Connor, a twin with an award-winning smile, will travel to Boston with his parents on Monday for a life-changing operation.

A Dublin toddler who could not eat or drink has taken her first taste of food after US doctors carried out a pioneering procedure to grow her a new oesophagus.

AMERICAN doctors are expected to carry out the final part of a pioneering procedure this week on an Irish baby girl who has been in an induced coma for 31 days.

SCIENTISTS in the US say they have found the strongest evidence yet that cot death is caused partly by a genetic disorder, which may one day be treatable.

Drinking too much water during intense exercise can severely damage your health, US doctors have warned.