Kerry journalist Seán Mac an tSíthigh has captured a moving tribute paid by a West Kerry parish to a local woman who had passed away.

A picturesque church on a hill overlooking Bandon, West Cork drew over 800 people today as the town enveloped college student Cameron Blair in a blanket of love as he was laid to rest following his murder ten days ago.

Update 1.24pm: The violent death of Frankie Dunne, whose dismembered body was found behind a derelict house in Cork just over a week ago, is incomprehensible, wrong, pointless and without justification, mourners at his funeral Mass were told today.

The funeral will take place tomorrow for the father of three whose dismembered body was discovered in the grounds of a derelict house in Cork City.

Actor and comedian Níall Tóibín has been laid to rest in Dublin.

As the organ of St Mary’s Pro Cathedral played every strata of Irish life into their seats for the funeral of Gay Byrne, a single butterfly flew amongst them.

Five Irish banks will each set up a phone line to help the bereaved access funds to pay for funerals for their loved ones.

Controversy over where and when Robert Mugabe will be buried, and a stampede which injured several people trying to view his body, marred the mourning for the Zimbabwean leader today.

Tyler Murphy, 16, passed away yesterday in Co Wexford. Tyler's younger brother Leon also died from cancer five years ago.

The talented 15-year-old footballer who was tragically killed in a fall in Lanzarote last week was affectionately known as 'the Roy Keane of Meath,' mourners heard at his funeral Mass earlier today.

Shortly after 5pm on Sunday, gardaí were called to the scene of a collision involving a motorcycle at Kilpadder South, Dromahane, approximately 8km south of Mallow.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for tragic mother of three Marie Downey and her infant son Darragh, who both died at Cork University Maternity Hospital, four days after little Darragh’s birth.

Fond tributes have been paid to the victims of a St Patrick's Day party crush as their school friends gathered for a day of funerals.

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was among the mourners as his brother Liam was buried in Letterkenny, Co Donegal this afternoon.

Dawn Croke died after she was struck by a jeep in the schoolyard of the local St Crona's National School on Thursday evening last.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend the funeral of Donegal woman Jasmine McMonagle, which takes place this morning.

Priests who die while facing accusations of sexual abuse are being denied a traditional Catholic funeral.

Increasing numbers of Irish people are turning away from religious ritual and choosing humanist ceremonies to mark births, deaths and marriages, but what is humanism?

The priest officiating at the funeral of a man who was fatally stabbed on the street last week has questioned why people carry knives when they result in so much tragedy.

"Live every day as if it's your last," was the message friends and family were asked to take from the funeral of Ana Kriegel.

We weren't expecting this!

Hundreds gathered to pay their respects to 'tiny but tough' teenager Michael Stokes, whose funeral took place in Dublin this morning.

Country music fans are expected to gather in big numbers in the Monaghan village of Oram later to pay tribute to Big Tom, who died yesterday at the age of 81.

Millions of South Africans prepared to say goodbye to anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Saturday as her emotionally charged official funeral began in Soweto, where she lived until her death on April 2 at 81.

There was a large turn out at the funeral of music promoter Dave Kavanagh this morning, including many famous Irish entertainers who attended to pay their respects.

The grieving father of 18-year old Clare youth, Oisín Cahill, told his funeral mass today that his son will have died in vain if anyone attending gets hurt or are injured on the country’s roads.

Redmayne, who played the role of Professor Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biographical drama The Theory of Everything, was among 500 guests invited to the University Church of St Mary the Great in Cambridge.

The funeral of Professor Stephen Hawking will be held at a church near the Cambridge University college that was his academic home for more than 50 years.

In our increasingly secular society, there has been a significant rise in non-religious and humanist funerals. And non-church services mean people can choose a bespoke ceremony that truly reflects their loved one’s life, funeral celebrant Padraic Cawley tells Olivia Kelleher.

Moving tributes have been paid at the funeral of the young Kerry GAA player who died following a tragic clash in a school final.

HER cousins in Carlow and Dublin asked her if she had “lost her marbles” when 80-year-old Joyce McCullough sent them pictures of her standing beside her coffin. It was weird enough that she had actually invested in the deathly box; the fact that she had also decorated it with pictures of leprechauns had them proclaiming: “You’re certifiable!”

Three more men have been arrested by detectives investigating a funeral brawl that saw three people stabbed.

This is a family, not a cartel.

As undertakers mounted the floral displays on to the top of the horse-drawn carriage, the rain turned to sleet.

Pope Francis has paid tribute to former attorney general Peter Sutherland for his work on the migrant crisis.

The funeral mass of a man killed in Louisburgh, Co Mayo on Christmas Day has taken place.

The traditional practice of evening removal services in churches as part of Irish funerals is dying out.

Two out of three people underestimate the cost of funerals, even though most realise they are not cheap.

Two out of three people underestimate the cost of funerals, even though most realise they are not cheap.

A legend, a leader, a braveheart, a kind, loving and spiritual man were among the accolades used to describe Willie Duggan at his funeral Mass, when more than 1,000 people gathered to say farewell to a giant of Irish and international rugby.

Tears flowed for a young GAA player, laid to rest next to his father, as a small community gathered in grief to comfort a family rocked by a tragedy.

The stepfather of a soldier who died after falling ill at his army barracks told his funeral yesterday he was very proud when the late Daniel Donougher called him Dad for the first time.

Two brothers in Cork are struggling to cover the costs of their mother’s funeral after she passed away suddenly on holidays in Majorca.

A priest yesterday sounded a warning over the accidental death of Clare teen, Conor Wilmot where he said that Conor “found something on the Internet that went wrong”.