The family of a teacher killed by a dangerous driver who had downed six pints of beer asked a coroner not to say her death was as a result of a road accident.

A top detective said “I'm f***ed, I'm f***ed” when an unmarked Garda car he was driving crashed on the M50 motorway after he had spent hours in a pub, a court has heard.

It is still unclear exactly how many Irish people are missing in the World trade Centre rubble.