Young boy drowns in Meath swimming pool

A post mortem is expected to be carried out today on the body of an eight-year-old boy who drowned in a Co Meath swimming pool yesterday.

The child got into difficulty in the pool at Navan Leisure Centre yesterday afternoon.

His body was taken to Navan Hospital, where a post mortem is expected to get underway today.

Meanwhile, searches are continuing in Co Antrim for a 14-year-old boy who was swept away in the River Bush yesterday.

He is believed to have jumped into the water to rescue his dog.

A man and another boy had to be rescued from the water.