Air France victim remembered in Tipperary

Classmates of one of the Irish victims of last month's Air France plane crash gathered in Thurles this evening for a special mass to remember their friend.

Dr Aisling Butler died with two of her colleagues when a French plane crashed on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris at the end of May, reports RTE. The doctors had been returning from holidays in South America.

The Ursuline Secondary School in Thurles said over 100 of Dr Butler's former classmates had made contact with staff in recent weeks to express their condolences.

Couple rescued from Ballymena blaze

A man and woman were rescued today from fire in a County Antrim block of flats which police believe was started deliberately.

Both were treated for the effects of smoke inhalation after being taken to safety by fire fighters after the blaze started around 6.30am,a ccording to breakingnews.ie.

A police spokesman said the fire was understood to have been started at the entrance to the communal hallway at the flats in the Wayside Green area of Ballymena.

Man killed in Antrim RTA

A 24-year-old man died when the car he was driving crashed in Antrim just before 1am this morning.

The PSNI have appealed for witnesses to the collision to come forward, reports breakingnews.ie. They believe a number of people came across the scene of the crash and they are anxious to speak to them.