‘Enrika: Sweet as sugar and bright as the sun’

A 1,000-strong congregation burst into spontaneous applause last night after hearing heartfelt tributes to a mother and daughter brutally murdered at the weekend.

The Church of St James in Killorglin, Co Kerry, was full to overflowing for a remembrance Mass for Jolanta Lubiene, 27, and her daughter, Enrika, 8, whose bodies were found at their home in the town on Sunday.

At the end of the Mass, a family friend went to the altar and read words penned by Levita, 12, a niece of Jolanta, describing her as a wonderful aunt, mother, sister, wife, and friend — a person who never stopped smiling.