A schoolboy and a young woman who was due to give birth to her first child in the coming weeks lost their lives after their cars were involved in a head-on collision.

A MAN appeared in court in relation to an alleged assault in the early hours of Sunday morning which left a young French doctor fighting for his life in hospital.

Two men appeared at a special sitting of the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today on charges arising out of an ongoing garda investigation into the activities of dissident republicans.