A six-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who had sued the HSE over the circumstances of his birth at Sligo General Hospital has settled his High Court action with an interim payout of €740,000.

NAVAL divers, special search dogs and up to 100 friends and family members were last night searching for a 19-year-old Cork man who went missing in the early hours of Thursday morning.

FRIDAY the 13th proved to be a lucky day for a budding scientist yesterday when 14-year-old Aisling Judge became the youngest winner of the BT Young Scientist of the Year.