The landmark trial of two bar staff accused of the manslaughter of a guest at Hayes Hotel in Co Tipperary has heard that both accused had no training on the potential dangers of fatal doses of alcohol.

A US father who shot dead his five children then killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, police said.

A QUIET mobile home park nestled among towering evergreens reeled yesterday in the aftermath of an unthinkable crime: five children slain in their own home, apparently by their father, who subsequently committed suicide.