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A hero rescuer who saved a young baby from a pier side drowning tragedy that claimed five other lives has described how the infant’s father chose to stay with his other children rather than save himself. Davitt Walsh swam out into Buncrana harbour in north Co Donegal on Sunday night in an effort to reach… Continue reading 'Save the baby', pier tragedy father told rescuer as he returned to help family

A man in his early 70s has died in a five vehicle crash in Co Cork. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body has been taken to Cork University Hospital for a post mortem examination.

A man in his late 40s has died after a light aircraft crash in Co Longford. He was the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft which crashed during an attempted landing.

Irish exchange students are feared to have been injured in a coach crash which killed 13 women. The bus, carrying 57 passengers, was returning from Spain’s largest fireworks festival when it crashed on a highway, killing 13 and injuring around 30.

Five people believed to be from one family have died after a vehicle plunged off a pier in Co Donegal, according to reports. It is understood six people, including three children, were in the estate car when it went into the water at Buncrana shortly after 7pm.

A ninth person has been jailed in connection with the interception of a yacht carrying cocaine with a street value of more than £160 million (205 million euro) off the south-west coast of Ireland. The Makayabella was stopped in September 2014 by the Irish Navy which found more than a tonne of the drug aboard.

Former Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm has walked free from custody for the first time in five months after securing bail in Ireland when his parents-in-law stumped up 100,000 euro. The ex-banker, charged with 33 fraud-related offences linked to his running of the doomed lender, blew a kiss to his family in court when… Continue reading Ex-Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm bailed as parents-in-law stump up surety

A garda officer is among two drivers who were taken to hospital after an early morning crash involving a patrol car in Co Donegal. The collision happened at around 3.45am on a stretch of road at Meencargagh, Ballybofey, locally known as McGrorys Brea.

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a dissident republican shot dead while sitting in his car on a suburban street last month. The suspects, aged in their 30s, were detained during early morning Garda raids in north and west Dublin by investigators probing the killing of Vincent Ryan.

Irish blood supplies may not be maintained over St Patrick’s Day and Easter, the transfusion service warned. Hospitals have been asked to conserve the use of some blood groups and reserves are down to four or five days.