Cork teenager John Flynn has been named overall winner of the NewsBrands Press Pass awards after a nationwide journalism competition for 10,000 transition year students across Ireland.

Gardaí are investigating the closure of a school in Kildare due to a safety concern.

HEALTH professionals are working closely with local students, parents and teachers following news that six teenage girls, who live within a 19km radius of Co Kildare and west Dublin, have taken their own lives in the past 12 months.