A man charged with grievous bodily harm, following the fatal assault of a Co Cork father-of-two in Western Australia over Christmas, may face more serious charges.

A 12-year-old boy who went missing in the River Trent after he tried to help a struggling friend has been described as a "hero".

20 new jobs have been created in Co Monaghan, with the opening of a new supermarket.

Houses in the UK were engulfed today as tributaries feeding the Thames spilled over on to the river’s already waterlogged flood plain.

Air accident investigators were tonight examining the wreckage of a light aircraft in which two men died when it crashed into a field in Co Westmeath.