Conor Kane

South East Correspondent

Matthew Healy was found unresponsive in a car shortly after midnight on 9 February

Woman accused of murdering son unable to appear in court

A woman accused of murdering her six-year-old son earlier this month was not in a position to attend court by video link this morning, the court heard.

Courts • 20 Feb 24

Her body was removed from the scene and brought to University Hospital Waterford

Woman killed in Co Waterford road crash

A woman has died following a road crash in Co Waterford last night.

Ireland • 20 Feb 24

Matthew Healy was found in a car near the Dunmore East area last Friday

Woman charged with murder of her six-year-old son

A 37-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her six-year-old son in Waterford last week.

Ireland • 14 Feb 24

Matthew Healy's body was found last Friday

'Lives shattered' by tragic death of Matthew Healy

Prayers were said last night in a local church for the parents and family of Matthew Healy, the six-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive in a car near Dunmore East area last Friday.

Ireland • 13 Feb 24

A car is removed from Rathmoylan, Dunmore East, Co Waterford, where police are investigating the death of a six-year-old boy whose body was found in a car

'Immense grief and sorrow' at death of six-year-old boy

A woman has been arrested following the death of a six-year-old boy in Co Waterford.

Ireland • 09 Feb 24

Michael Kelly's funeral was told of his 'gentleness and his quiet manner' and 'his big love of cars'

'It shouldn't end like this' - mourners in Carlow hear

"It shouldn't end like this," mourners were told today at the funeral of 25-year-old Michael Kelly, one of the victims of last week's tragic road crash outside Carlow town.

Leinster • 06 Feb 24

Hundreds packed into St Peter's Church in Kiltegan in west Wicklow to pay their respects to 21-year-old Daryl Culbert

'You couldn't but love him,' Daryl Culbert's funeral told

"A kind and caring spirit" with a passion for cars "that knew no bounds" was how Katie Graham was described at her funeral mass this morning.

Leinster • 06 Feb 24

Daryl Culbert, Katie Graham, and Michael Kelly died in the single-vehicle crash on Wednesday night

Families 'devastated' as tributes paid to crash victims

A brother of one of the victims of Wednesday night's crash in Carlow - in which three people died - has said family members are "devastated" by what has happened.

Leinster • 02 Feb 24

The N80 at Leagh is currently closed and will remain closed for a number of hours

Carlow road crash victims named as community 'in shock'

The three victims of last night's road crash in Co Carlow have been named as Daryl Culbert from Kiltegan in Co Wicklow, Michael Kelly from Nurney in Carlow, and Katie Graham from Arles in Co Laois.

Ireland • 02 Feb 24

Protesters picketing outside the Great Southern Hotel in Rosslare

What's behind opposition to asylum seekers in Rosslare?

In a series of articles looking at the issue of immigration, today South East Correspondent Conor Kane examines what is behind the growth in opposition to asylum seekers in Rosslare Harbour in Co Wexford.

Ireland • 03 Feb 24