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It was a simple and dignified ceremony, straight-forward and to the point with little or no fuss, one he himself would have been proud of.

Before there were dieticians, logistics specialists and conditioning coaches, there was Leo Griffin — Kerry GAA bag man and lucky mascot.

As the funeral of Jason Corbett, who died in a violent domestic incident at his home in the US, took place yesterday, it emerged he had planned to make a surprise visit home to Limerick on that very day with his two children to attend the 80th birthday of his father, John Corbett.

An appeal has been issued for experienced divers to join searches for the last victim of last week’s wave tragedy off West Cork.

Thousands of hurling fans queued for hours in Thurles last evening for the removal of Tipperary hurling great Jimmy Doyle, who passed away suddenly on Monday, aged 76.

Gifts presented at the altar for the Requiem Mass of Valerie Greaney signified the great loves of her life.

The former Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae will be laid to rest today in his native Kerry.

Joe Walsh, the former agriculture minister who was acclaimed as being equally at home in the parish hall or in the gilded buildings of Brussels, was laid to rest yesterday.

Joe Walsh, the former Agriculture Minister who was acclaimed as being equally at home in the parish hall or in the gilded buildings of Brussells, was laid to rest today.

Funeral ceremonies for the two Irish climbers who died last week following a fall on Mont Blanc took place at the weekend.

Heartless thieves were yesterday branded “evil” after they robbed a grieving family just two days after burying their 14-year-old son.

The wife of former Tánaiste Peter Barry was described at her funeral Mass yesterday as “a lady in the best sense of the word” who had a caring heart that reached out to all.

A young Gaelic football star charged with murdering his father has been granted compassionate bail to attend the funeral.

The heartbroken mother of a 31-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in Cork City broke down in tears at his Requiem Mass and said she would “love and miss him forever”.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has appealed for the family of a man killed in a violent feud to be given the space to mourn at his funeral Mass, which takes place this morning.

Huge crowds have turned out to pay their last respects to PSNI officer Ronan Kerr who was murdered by dissident republicans in the North at the weekend, and who is being buried this afternoon.

THE emergency services who saved six of the 12 passengers of last Thursday’s fateful Manx2 flight, were given a spontaneous round of applause as they attended a Mass in memory of the victims yesterday.

MICHAELA Harte will never be forgotten, a mourner at her funeral said.

Michaela McAreavey will never be forgotten, a mourner at her funeral said today.

Heartbroken gaelic football manager Mickey Harte helped shoulder the coffin as thousands of people joined the funeral cortege for his murdered newlywed daughter today.

GARDAÍ had already conceded a month after the funeral of Kerry republican John Joe Sheehy that they would not be able to prosecute those who appeared in paramilitary uniform and fired shots at the ceremonies.

THE first of the victims of Wednesday’s devastating car crash in Co Kerry will be laid to rest today.

The funeral takes place today of the teenager who died after suspected heart failure in a GAA match in the North.

THERE was a numbed silence across a Donegal peninsula yesterday evening as hearse after hearse made the journey from Letterkenny General Hospital to Fahan, Buncrana, Clonmany and Ballyliffen and families prepared for the first of eight funerals today.

THE Catholic Church in Ireland is at a defining moment in its history and recent child sex abuse scandals have damaged public trust in its leaders, according to Cardinal Seán Brady.

THE funeral will take place today of a 51-year-old father-of-two, described as a community stalwart, who died in a tragic indoor football accident.

THE BBC hopes to finish a documentary on the life of Stuart Mangan — the inspirational young man left paralysed by a rugby accident — who will be buried tomorrow.

THE people of Killorglin, Co Kerry, yesterday bid a touching farewell to two sisters – described by a priest as “gentle souls” – who died in a fire that destroyed their family public house on Monday.

Gunmen who shot dead two soldiers and a police officer in the North have committed crimes against humanity, a peace rally in Belfast was told today.

Leading politicians from Ireland, north and south, attended the funeral of the mother of Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness today.

The funeral service for Tommy Burns will be held at the birthplace of Celtic.

The state funeral of former president Patrick Hillery will take place in Dublin today.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness carried the coffin of a veteran republican at his funeral in the North yesterday.

Tributes were paid today at the funeral of the last survivor of the War of Independence.

GARDAÍ hope to shed more light on the cause of a crash that killed two young men when they interview the driver of the car and two surviving passengers.

A priest at the funeral of two teenagers drowned in a boating accident pleaded to other young people today not to sacrifice their own lives.

BRUCE Springsteen’s devastation at the death of legendary promoter Jim Aiken was revealed yesterday as the entertainment world turned out for his memorial service.

GARDAÍ were on high alert last night after a public order unit was brought in to arrest five Travellers at a halting site in Co Cork.

The 19-year-old woman found murdered in Co Cork at the weekend is due to laid to rest today.

Hundreds of mourners will today pay their final respects to one of the towering figures of the North's peace process.