Children’s deaths herald tragic start to weekend

Two children died just hours apart in Cork and Tipperary, heralding a tragic start to the Bank Holiday weekend.

Fionn Mulhall, 3, died after being crushed at a farm in West Cork, while Thomas David Ryan was knocked down and killed by a van just feet from his home in Co Tipperary.

The farm accident happened at Gortnascreena, Drimoleague, yesterday morning.