A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

A widower whose wife died days after giving birth has told an inquest into her death he has lost the light of his life.

The depths of Irish motherhood was underlined at the opening of an inquest into the death of a 29-year-old woman who died after she gave birth to her first baby in Sligo.

Two men are in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Co Roscommon.

An inquest has heard of the desperate attempts to keep a teenage girl in the protective care of the HSE shortly before she was killed.

A 21-month-old toddler died after she was hit by a car in south Dublin on Saturday.

The father of Ciara Pugsley, a schoolgirl who died by suicide after a campaign of online bullying, has warned lives will continue to be lost unless steps are taken to tackle the problem.

Allowing those under the age of 15 to have unfettered access to the internet is akin to giving them the keys to a car and then wondering why they have crashed, a leading cyberbullying expert has said.

Console, the national suicide prevention organisation, has urged anyone affected by cyber bullying to seek help from the organisation immediately.

Connacht Gold has appointed Eoghan Sweeney as general manager of its consumer foods business.

The Criminal Assets Bureau has secured orders for the seizure of approximately €146,000 from a Co Sligo family which the bureau says are the proceeds of crime.

A man in his 60s has been killed in a car crash in Co. Leitrim.

SWEDISH safety experts are coming to Dublin this week to help tackle unprecedented carnage on Irish roads.

A PROPERTY development company owned by Westlife singer Shane Filan showed a loss of just over €52,000 last year.

ONE of America’s most distinguished police officers has claimed a garda reserve won’t work because the force cannot rely on volunteers.

Three Co Leitrim families devastated by the suicide of loved ones have been moved to organise a two-day seminar on the suicide issue in their home village next month.

THE deaths of four men in the north west were being investigated by gardaí yesterday.