Tragic mother and baby to be buried together

THE bodies of a mother and baby who drowned together near Kilworth, Co Cork, on Saturday will be buried today.

Nollaig Owen (née Kenneally) and her nine-month-old son Tadhg died on Saturday morning in the River Douglas.

Mrs Owen, aged 33, had been suffering from post-natal depression and drowned her son before drowning herself. They were pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts at resuscitation.