JOHN Oxx completed a big-race double with Aspectoflove and Erdiyna at Naas yesterday, the latter proving a shock 22/1 winner of the October Handicap under a power-packed ride by Michael Kinane.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy died yesterday in a road accident in Co Kerry, bringing the number of people killed on the roads to 235 this year.

The man killed in yesterday's crash between two lorries in Co Westmeath has been named.

A 61-year-old lorry driver has died after his vehicle collided with another truck and crashed into a ditch in Co Westmeath this morning.

A small cache of arms and explosives found in woods was probably left there by republican paramilitaries, gardaí said today.