A man, for whom Kerry gardaí had been looking after the disappearance of his deceased mother's remains, may have driven her body to the UK via Northern Ireland.

The family of a woman who vanished from a hospital almost 30 years ago are to press for an inquest into her presumed death, they said today.

Inquests into the deaths of four of the murdered women working as prostitutes in England have been postponed, police said today.

A daughter of a plumber who died from asbestos exposure tonight warned many more people may be walking around unaware they were exposed to the lethal fibres decades ago.