Latest: The boy stabbed to death in Dublin and his mother, who is in hospital for knife wounds, have been named.

The circumstances in which a three-year-old boy was stabbed and died in south Dublin are being investigated by gardaí tonight.

PROSECUTIONS against two suspects in a global child pornography sting were in doubt last night as gardaí admitted “human error” saw detectives neglect a tip-off passed to them six months ago.

DENIS DONALDSON’S car was examined yesterday as gardaí stepped up the hunt for the killers of the British spy.

THE Garda Síochána and Justice Minister Michael McDowell were both unable to say yesterday when disciplinary action would be taken against the officers criticised by the Morris Tribunal.