AN IRISH student helping rescuers at the bridge which claimed several lives when it buckled and slid into the Mississippi in Minneapolis described the scene yesterday as “like a war zone.”

THE family of a soldier who died from gunshot wounds in the Lebanon six years ago welcomed an apology from Defence Minister Willie O’Dea but said they still wanted a full garda investigation into his shooting.

The family of a soldier who died from gunshot wounds in the Lebanon six years ago tonight called for a full garda investigation into his shooting.

Four people died in accidents on Ireland’s roads over the weekend, bringing the death toll so far this year to 205.