A soldier tragically fell to his death from a bathroom window at McKee Barracks after returning from a night out, an inquest heard.

Gardaí and military investigations are under way into the circumstances of the death of a 32-year-old solider in Dublin yesterday.

A 15-year-old boy once described by a Garda Inspector as a “menace” has been detained for five months by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

THE mother of a young homeless man believes her son died as a direct result of being assaulted by three men as he slept rough on the streets of Dublin, an inquest heard yesterday.