A heartbroken father today told how he frantically tried in vain to save his infant son and another child from drowning in a disused swimming pool.

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.

President Mary McAleese is holding a mass in Áras an Uachtaráin for the two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool in the North on Friday.

The two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool at a house near Newry yesterday afternoon have been named.