The mother of a three-year-old Cork boy who drowned while on holiday in Spain last August has told of her anguish at the toddler’s death, and is now campaigning for government-funded swimming lessons for preschool children.

CELEBRITIES Go Wild winner Cllr Michael Healy Rae branded the Transport Minister “insane” yesterday for signing off on the “ill-conceived” learner driver legislation.

THE parents of a toddler who died of a brain tumour launched a major fundraising drive yesterday for the hospital that cared for him.