Investigation launched into deaths of four buzzards in Westmeath

Tests reveal one of the birds, protected under the Wildlife Act, had been shot

Two investigations open into death of boy (13) in car crash

Sixth-class student Joseph Anderson was killed shortly after gardaí tried to stop the vehicle

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