Police in the North are investigating a fatal hit-and-run near Hilltown in Co Down in the early hours of this morning.

A two-year-old boy was hit in the face with a bottle and a woman squirted with petrol in a series of sectarian attacks on Tyrone fans returning home from their All-Ireland triumph.

A seven-year-old boy needed hospital treatment after he was hit in the face by a brick when Tyrone fans were attacked as they returned home from the All Ireland final.

A Co Fermanagh road reopened today after it was the scene of a fatal two-vehicle collision last night.

THREE men died in two separate car crashes at the weekend, bringing to 39 the number of lives lost on the roads so far this year.

Gardaí have named the second male victim killed in a car crash near Dundalk this morning.

One of the two victims of this morning's fatal traffic accident near Dundalk has been named as Kevin O'Malley from Newtownhamilton in Co Armagh.

Two gardaí escaped injury this morning when their patrol car was forced off the road in Dundalk.

A man in his 20s has died after the car he was driving collided with a truck in Co Louth this morning.

A policewoman escaped injury when a bomb exploded near an army base in Northern Ireland, it was revealed today.

POLICE in Northern Ireland were attacked with bottles and other missiles early yesterday after a crowd of youths went on the rampage through a town in Co Down.

One person has died and three others are seriously injured following a road accident in Co Louth.

British army bomb disposal experts have completed their examination of a hijacked lorry on the Dundalk to Newry Road.

Gardai have named the motorist who died last night in an accident in Co Meath.

Three more people were killed on the roads last night after two pedestrians and a motorcyclist died in separate accidents in Wicklow, Louth and Meath.