A young mother has died after trying to rescue her son off the Cork coast.
Bystanders called the emergency services after spotting the woman in the water at Ballycroneen strand in Cloyne, east Cork just after 1 o'clock yesterday.
She'd been trying to save her son who had gotten into difficulty in the water.
A number of local lifeboat crews were tasked to the scene along with the Rescue 117 helicopter.
The ten year old boy managed to make it to nearby rocks where he was picked up by the coastguard helicopter.
His mother was taken from the water by the RNLI and was rushed to Cork University Hospital, where she died yesterday evening.
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Talks take place at the Labour court today to try to resolve the dispute threatening retained fire services across the country.
Around two thousand retained, or part-time firefighters, have been conducting rolling strikes and work stoppages in recent weeks as they campaign for better pay and conditions.
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Cork areas have shown improvement in the latest Irish Businesses against Litter Survey.
Mallow is in second place in the ranking of 40 towns and cities in the country.
Mahon, which was previously rated as seriously littered, has improved to 'moderately littered', as has Cork's City centre.
Cork's northside though has slipped to littered.
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The Office of Public Works Minister says "it's a time for a full disclosure" from RTE over the payments' controversy.
The broadcaster's been invited to appear before the Oireachtas Media Committee on Wednesday, to explain its extra payments to Ryan Tubridy.
Minister Patrick O'Donovan says a "cloud of uncertainty has been blown over RTE in the last couple of days."
