Gardaí are continuing a forensic examination around a house in Co Meath where a man in his 30s was found dead.

The family of a four-year-old who drowned at the National Aquatic Centre were in mourning last night, with gardaí set to review CCTV footage to establish how he might have died.

THERE were 50 or more people at last Wednesday’s auction of a 157-acre farm at Mooretown, Kildare, and while bidding was strong initially, it took a lot of coaxing to get the property over the line.

THE five schoolgirls killed when the Bus Éireann school bus bringing them home went out of control and overturned were not wearing seatbelts.

The driver of the bus which crashed three years ago, which caused the deaths of five Meath schoolgirls, has revealed he had never been told the vehicle was supposed to have an anti-lock braking system (ABS).

The jury in a trial arising from an investigation into a school bus crash in which five schoolgirls were killed has been told that a company knew the vehicle's ABS system was defective but failed to repair it.

A 31-year-old woman has died in a road crash near Navan in County Meath.

Gardaí in north Co Dublin have now arrested two men following a fatal stabbing in the Swords area last night.

Gardaí in Co Dublin have arrested a man following a fatal stabbing in the Swords area last night.

A TODDLER, a young woman and a man in his 60s were killed in three separate road accidents over the weekend - one just a few yards from where the Navan bus tragedy occurred.

A three-year-old boy has been killed after being hit by a truck.

AN 11-year-old boy was fatally wounded after he was chased straight out in front of a car because he was a member of the Travelling Community, his father claimed last night.

An 11-year-old boy was fatally wounded after he was chased straight out in front of a car because he was a member of the Travelling Community, his father claimed tonight.

A 37-year old woman has been killed in a single vehicle accident in Co Louth.