An eighth-month-old baby boy has died in Northern Ireland from suspected meningitis. Turlough Morgan, from Carrickbawn Park, Rostrevor, Co Down, was found dead in his cot on Tuesday morning.
Four children have died from meningitis in Northern Ireland this year, all of them aged under 12 months. Health officials said the deaths were unrelated and the incidence of deaths from meningitis was no higher than in previous years.