In the North, funerals for a father and his eight-year-old daughter, killed in a road accident, are due to take place later today.

A cyclist aged in his 60s died today after a hit and run road accident in the North.

A 10-year-old boy is tonight critically ill in hospital after he was knocked down by two cars while walking in Lurgan - the seventh person killed or seriously injured this weekend.

Another person has died from road traffic injuries in the North - the fourth in two days.