Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating following the death of a 15-year-old boy on a farm in Cork yesterday evening.

Internationally renowned cancer research pioneer Professor Gerry O’Sullivan has died.

Rescue teams are waiting for an assessment from naval dive teams to see if an underwater search of the sunken fishing vessel The Tit Bonhomme can take place today.

The search will resume at first light for five fishermen missing off the West Cork coast.

Gardaí in Co Cork have arrested five people in connection with an attack on a number of cars and property in Skibereen this morning.

A further 41 towns are to be targeted as part of the Metropolitan Area Networks programme to deliver broadband communication access throughout the State.