A Co Cork town rocked by the second death of a child in two months has pleaded with the Government and the HSE to review the region’s ambulance cover.

Fears are being raised about the lack of ambulance cover across Cork after a toddler died in hospital two days after falling from an upstairs window.

The heartbroken parents of the boy who died after being swept away in a flooded river have been told the fragrance of his short life will last forever.

The little boy who died after falling into an East Cork river will be removed from his grandparents’ home for burial today.

The HSE has rejected reports that it took 45 minutes to get an ambulance to a Cork schoolboy who died after being pulled from a flooded river.

Bishop of Cloyne William Crean has said his heart goes out to the family of a seven-year-old boy who died a day after falling into a flooded river near his home.

The boy who died after falling into a river in Cork over the weekend has been named as James Casey Butler from the Tir Cluain estate in Midleton.

A young boy who was rescued from a flooded river lost his battle for life last night.

A long-serving public representative has described efforts to have a designated flood plain dezoned as “like the passion of Christ”.

A seven-year-old boy who fell into a river in Cork has lost his fight for life in hospital.

A seven-year-old boy remains in critical condition after he was pulled from a river yesterday evening in Co Cork.

A seven-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after he fell into a flooded river in Co Cork.

A town council is set to defy a Government request to overturn a rezoning decision.

A serious problem of human waste seeping on to a children’s play area will shortly be resolved.

IN his letter (Irish Examiner, August 23), Donal Fellows raises some pertinent questions relevant to the bridge under construction over the Owenacurra river, south of the Midleton bypass.

A SIGN of the times... Cork County Council has commenced work on a project on the outskirts of Midleton to build a pedestrian bridge (that mimics the Sydney harbour bridge) over the Owenacurra river, south of the Midleton bypass.

THE owners of a private nursing home were forced to reprimand staff after confidential files belonging to 30 elderly nursing home patients were dumped.

Tommy Barker says this residence is an authentic arts and crafts home.

COMMANDING attention and with a strong, modern presence on the waterfront, Cois na hAbhann is a newish apartment scheme on the Bailick Road in Midleton, in Cork city.

Dan Collins

Niall Murray, Midleton

Sean O’Riordan and Niall Murray

GARDAÍ believe the 49-year-old man found in the basement of a building in Co Cork was beaten and slashed to death in a frenzied attack.