The body of a man found in woods in Co Kildare has been confirmed as that of a Dublin man believed to have been abducted from his home almost a month ago.

Investigators probing a helicopter crash that killed a flying instructor and his student revealed today they are concerned the aircraft was missing overnight before anyone noticed.

A training instructor and a student pilot have died in a helicopter crash in the Bog of Allen in Co Kildare.

A woman has become the first fatality on Ireland’s roads this year following a crash on the Kildare-Meath border earlier today.