A teenager who suffered a head injury after she was knocked down as she crossed a road near her home has settled her High Court action for €1.5m.

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the bodies of a mother and her six-year-old son who died in a house fire in Navan, Co. Meath yesterday.

PARENTS in Co Meath have been warned to keep a close eye on their children amid fears that a dangerous paedophile is on the loose.