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.

Sinn Féin’s Caitriona Ruane topped the poll in South Down with a firm warning to the DUP to meet the March 26 deadline for power sharing.

Northern Ireland chief constable Hugh Orde was urged today to be more vigorous in challenging sectarian speeches by politicians in the North.