A postmortem is being carried out today on the body of a 32-year-old man who was found severely injured in the bedroom of the apartment in which his 11-month old son also died.

The body of the 11-month-old baby found dead in a bedroom in his apartment in Killarney on Sunday, and whose death is at the centre of a Garda investigation, has been released back to his family.

Around 500 people, including the heartbroken mother of the 11-month-old baby found dead in an apartment on Sunday, have attended a special Mass in Killarney’s St Mary’s Cathedral.

EUROPE’S second snowstorm this week piled drifts on tracks and roads yesterday, slowing rail service, stranding motorists and causing hundreds of traffic accidents. At least six deaths were attributed to a week of icy weather.

LIFE came to a standstill in John Paul II’s native Poland as the country paused to pay its last respects to the late Pope as his funeral was celebrated in Rome.