A six-person team has been appointed to investigate services at a Midlands hospital where a number of babies died in controversial circumstances over a six-year period.

Strong winds have caused an electricity pylon to crash into two homes in Co Down.

Gardaí are investigating a case in which a 14-year-old girl miscarried after being allegedly given an “abortion potion” by her father.

Eighteen people were treated after a toxic gas leak on a ship docked at a Northern Ireland harbour.

A police officer received minor injuries after he was attacked with bricks, stones and petrol bombs while attending a security alert in Newry.

A cyclist in her 70s has been killed in a road crash with a school bus.

A woman has died in hospital after a crash in Co Louth.

Outbreaks of deadly bacteria that claimed the lives of four babies in Northern Ireland hospitals are now officially under control, the region's Health Minister has said.

Traces of a deadly infection which killed four babies in hospitals in the North have been found in three more neonatal units.

A six-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital in Co Down after he was hit by a boat.

The Emergency Department at the Louth County Hospital in Dundalk will close this morning.

Counselling was being offered tonight to the school friends of a 10-year-old boy who was rescued from a river but died later in hospital.

A man had to be airlifted to hospital today after suffering chest pains during a hike in the Mourne Mountains.

Two people were injured when a light aircraft plummeted into a field in the North.

SIX members of the security forces were injured in an Army helicopter crash in South Armagh last night.

Several members of the North's security forces were injured tonight when an Army helicopter crashed in South Armagh.

An 18-year-old man was tonight charged with the murder of a father of four who was stabbed to death in the North.

A taxi driver knifed to death in the North was the victim of a horrendous crime, his manager said today.

Police in the North have arrested a man following the fatal stabbing of another man in Newry last night.

A man died after a stabbing in a housing estate in Newry in the North.

Five people have been killed in road collisions around the country since yesterday morning.

A MURDER investigation was launched in Derry yesterday following the death of a man in an attack.

A number of people were injured in Co Down when a gang stormed a house and attacked revellers at a party.

A joint funeral service will be held today for two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool near their homes.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese is to host a special Mass for the families of two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool.

The father of one of the two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool tried frantically to save their lives, it emerged today.

Two young boys drowned in a private swimming pool in Northern Ireland it emerged today.

An off-duty soldier was today recovering after a canoeing tragedy which claimed the life of a colleague.

One of two army canoeists rescued in Co Down has died in hospital.

The Belfast Coastguard has rescued two army canoeists from Murlough Bay in Co Down.

The British army is investigating an incident in which an 80-year-old was injured after being blown off her feet by a helicopter.

A WILD-WEST style shoot-out in the middle of the main street of a small Border village led to the death of one man and a second being treated for gunshot wounds to his neck and face.

The victim of a road traffic accident in Co Louth today has been named.

A woman has been killed and eight other people injured in a road accident in south Down.

An investigation was continuing today after an RAF helicopter crashed in Northern Ireland, injuring seven people.

Eight people were today airlifted to hospital after an Army helicopter crashed into a mountain in Northern Ireland.

Eight people have been airlifted to hospital after an RAF helicopter crashed into a mountain in Northern Ireland.

A man who died after he was shot and dumped near the border was bound with tape, police confirmed today.

Two people, including a teenage girl, have been killed in separate accidents on Irish roads within 24 hours.