“There were a few moments on Saturday when I thought I would never see my unborn child.”

Lucky for Pat and Margaret Carey that ESB workers decided not to strike. They would have been hard pushed to power up the thousands of Christmas lights that adorn their house in Youghal, Co Cork.

A TWO-year-old child has lost his life in an apparent farmyard accident.

THREE homegrown companies picked up almost €3 million in free advertising yesterday as the country’s national newspapers rewarded creativity in advertising.