Gardaí are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy who was knocked down at a rugby club as an awards ceremony was taking place.

An eight-year-old boy has died after he was knocked down at a rugby club as an awards ceremony was taking place.

THE daughter of Evelyn Joel told the trial into her death that she accepted her mother was in a comatose state when she went into hospital.

IRELAND’s latest set of triplets who came close to being born in a snow-bound house in the mountains owe their lives to the country’s emergency services.

Healthcare officials today insisted they were unaware of any risks for a family of four who were found dead in their home.

Gardaí in Wexford are continuing to hold two men in connection with the death of Anthony Cullen.

The daughter of a bed-ridden woman who died days after being found in a severely malnourished state today said she had done her best to look after her.

The body of missing 14-year-old Mark Doyle has been transferred to Waterford Regional Hospital after divers recovered the remains today.

The condition improved today of five refugees who survived a bid to smuggle them to Ireland in an enclosed freight container in which eight of their companions died, doctors said.

The eight refugees found dead in a freight container in Wexford are believed to be Turkish, and could all be from the same family.

A man was shot in both legs in a Northern punishment-style shooting in front of his wife and children in his home in Wexford town last night.