A candle sparked an intense house fire which claimed the life of a young mother and her five-year-old nephew in Cork last year.

NEW facilities for one of Cork city’s oldest schools have moved a step closer with the granting of planning permission for a major refurbishment and extension.

THE family of a 25-year-old woman and her five-year-old nephew who were killed when a house in Cork city was firebombed have spoken of their heartbreak at losing “two precious members” of their family.

A YOUNG Cork mother was put on an emergency flight to Britain yesterday for a life-giving double lung transplant operation 20 minutes after donated organs became available at a Newcastle hospital.

A US COUPLE accused of kidnapping their daughter to force her to have an abortion have reached a plea agreement in which they will serve no time behind bars, the couple’s lawyer said.

THE heartbroken father of a stabbing victim told mourners at his son’s funeral yesterday that God had chosen the timing of his death.

IN RECENT times Ireland has been forced to come to terms with the disturbing, increasing and under-reported phenomenon that is murder-suicide after a string of high-profile killings.

THE funeral arrangements for Catriona Innes, aged 26, and her seven-year-old daughter, Katelyn, were being finalised last night.

A US couple upset that their 19-year-old daughter was pregnant tied her up, loaded her in their car and began driving to New York to force her to get an abortion, police said.

A LIMERICK mother, whose young daughter was burned to death when the family home was petrol-bombed three years ago, said yesterday she wanted to reach out and embrace Sheila Murray.

A MAN wanted in a Pennsylvania double homicide and apparent abduction of 14-year-old girl was captured last night after a car he was driving crashed in Indiana following a police pursuit, State Police said.

Police in Pennsylvania are searching for an 18-year-old man and his girlfriend after her parents were found shot dead in their home.

YOU don’t have to go to the shopping meccas of the world to look good and turn heads. Sharp dresser Vivienne Dowd shopped locally in Naas in Co Kildare ahead of yesterday’s Ladies’ Day at Fairyhouse.

The distraught parents of a Limerick toddler who died after an arson attack on her home said they hoped the man convicted of her murder "rots in jail".

LITTLE Victoria Nolan has been in hospital since the day she was born but she’s going home to her mother and twin sister for Christmas.

A 23-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday charged with the murder of four-year-old girl Katelyn Ryan, who died from burns suffered in an alleged arson attack on her home.

A HORRIFIC firebomb attack, which claimed the life of four-year-old Katelyn Ryan, described as a little angel with go-gos, has been condemned as “evil” by a Limerick priest.

THERE were poignant scenes in Limerick last night when the remains of four-year-old petrol bomb victim Katelyn Ryan were removed to Our Lady of Lourdes Church in

THE heartfelt note on the simple white card summed up the feelings of an entire city: “Miss you and love you always, Katelyn - From Paula and family.”

A four-year-old Limerick girl injured in an arson attack on her home died in her father’s arms after a three-day battle to save her life, the youngster’s grandmother said today.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl who suffered horrific burns in a firebomb attack lost her fight for life yesterday.

A 15-YEAR-OLD youth was the intended target in an horrific fire bomb attack which has left two children fighting for their lives.