The heartbroken parents of a five-year-boy who died after being swept away in a fast-flowing river in Northern Ireland have said their son "just melted your heart".

GAA President Nickey Brennan has today extended his deepest sympathies and those of the Association to the family of Tipperary Under-21 and senior footballer Darrel Darcy.

US authorities have charged a 10-year-old boy with voluntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of his younger cousin in March.