The brother of a cystic fibrosis boy who died on his fifth birthday is to run the New York City marathon to raise funds for a much needed inpatient facility for children with the condition.

Tributes were paid today to a “dedicated and courageous” British soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

A NEWBORN baby boy died as a result of an “acute near-drowning incident” while being delivered in a birthing pool at Cavan General Hospital last year, an inquest heard yesterday.