A community is coming to terms with the deaths of the ten people who died in a explosion at the Applegreen Service Station and apartment block in Creeslough in Co Donegal, on Friday afternoon.

Gardaí investigating the deaths of a mother and her baby son at their home in Clonee in Dublin, yesterday say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

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President Michael D Higgins has said his thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost their lives, and their families, following yesterday's explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal.

What started like any other Friday in Creeslough ended with a community changed forever and ordinary lives torn apart.

Within ten minutes of the explosion at a service station in the Co Donegal village of Creeslough, emergency services had arrived at a chaotic and traumatic scene.

North Korea fired two more ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, the South's military said, the latest in a blitz of launches amid tensions over US-led military exercises in the region, Yonhap News Agency reported.

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has again said his party will not re-enter power-sharing at Stormont unless the Northern Ireland Protocol is overridden or fundamentally changed.

Follow developments as they happen as emergency services continue their search and recovery operation after yesterday's explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal

A Co Offaly photographer is revealing the hidden beauty of the raised bogs and wet woodlands of the Irish midlands.