A former Army private, a rugby international, a martial arts instructor and a one-time IT recruitment consultant are among nine young men who have become the latest additions to the Naval Service officers' ranks.

Gardaí are continuing to question the 43-year-old mother of an eight-year-old boy, her only child, after his death at a house in North Cork.

Gardaí will today resume questioning a 43-year-old mother in connection with the death of her only child at a house in North Cork.