A joint funeral service will be held today for two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool near their homes.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese is to host a special Mass for the families of two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool.

A mass will be held tomorrow morning for the two young boys who drowned in their neighbour's disused swimming pool near Newry on Friday evening.

The father of one of the two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool tried frantically to save their lives, it emerged today.

Two young boys drowned in a private swimming pool in Northern Ireland it emerged today.