Farmer who drowned in river while filling barrels of water for his animals named

Body of Eugene McSweeney (55) from Ballyboy, near Dunmanway, Co Cork, was found in the river Bandon

The coroner has been notified.

Two youngsters had a miraculous escape when a car they were travelling in plunged into a roadside pond while trying to avoid a wild boar that suddenly crossed the road. The accident occurred at Kottakulam, Chittilanchery, around 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday. The youngsters were travelling from Alathur when the wild boar darted