Baby boy fighting for his life after family falls from pier

AN 11-month-old boy is fighting for his life after he, his three-year-old sister and their mother plunged off a pier.

Baby Liam Collins and his sister Theresa were in a double buggy when the freak accident happened at Westport pier, Co Mayo.

They were rescued along with their mother, Mary, 28, by members of Westport United Ladies Soccer Club who were training in a nearby pitch.