In a heart-rending act of reconciliation, Mark Ryan spoke of his 10-year friendship with Diane Ward, the mother of his child, who is accused of killing the boy at her home in North Cork last Monday.

The funeral Mass has taken place today of eight-year-old Anthony Ward in Charleville, Co Cork.

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Charleville, Co Cork for the funeral of Anthony Ward.

Hundreds of mourners are expected to gather for the funeral of eight-year-old Anthony Ward from Co Cork later today.

The Mother of Anthony Ward has appeared in court in Limerick, charged with her son's murder.

A court last night ordered that a mother charged with the murder of her son should be examined by a forensic psychiatrist at the female wing of Mountjoy prison.

The mother of a boy found dead at his home in north Cork has been charged with his murder.

A 43-year-old woman is due to appear in court in Limerick at at 6.30pm this evening in connection with the death of eight-year-old Anthony Ward in north Cork on Monday.

Gardaí are continuing to question a woman in her 40s in connection with the death of a child in Co Cork.

Bunches of flowers were yesterday tied in tribute to the entrance gates of a house in Cork where a “loveable” eight-year-old boy died in tragic circumstances.

Gardaí investigating the death of eight-year-old Anthony Ward at Charleville, Co Cork have today arrested "a woman in her 40s", according to a Garda statement.

Gardaí are waiting to question Anthony Ward’s mother after the eight-year-old found dead in his bed yesterday morning.

Preliminary results from a post mortem on the body of eight-year-old Anthony Ward show that he appeared to have died from asphyxia.

School friends of an eight-year-old boy found dead in his bed are to be given psychological support, it was confirmed today.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on the body of an eight-year-old boy found dead in his bed.

The HSE is to launch a “comprehensive review” of its involvement with the family of eight-year-old Anthony Ward, who was found dead in his home in North Cork yesterday morning.

The HSE says it intends to undertake a "comprehensive review" of the involvement of its services with the family of a young boy found dead in County Cork.

Gardaí say they're treating the death of an eight-year-old boy at his north Cork home as a "tragic incident".

A scrap metal company has sued Kilkenny County Council in the High Court over allegedly costing it hundreds of thousands of euro by wrongly classifying their product as hazardous waste.

Two Australian backpackers said they would never come to Dublin again after two British criminals broke into their apartment, threatened to cut them up and robbed them, a court heard.

Light heavyweight prospect Tommy McCarthy is two bouts away from claiming an Irish title at the National Youth Championships just a few weeks after going all the way in the Ulster Senior Championships.

A Co Clare traveller who killed his brother during an ``alcohol fuelled’’ fight is now suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, a court heard today.

The brother-in-law of two brothers, whose street fight ended with one fatally stabbing the other, has told a jury at the Central Criminal Court that he is a "spokesman for the dead".

NINE prisoners were charged yesterday with possession of a mobile phone in jail — the first prosecutions under new laws.

AS the exciting build-up to the All-Ireland football decider continues, Mayo received a great boost yesterday when Ballinrobe accounted for Tralee in the All-Ireland final of the Bulmers-sponsored Pierce Purcell Shield at Shannon.