Only 11 days ago, Andrew Furlong spoke to his daughter Nicola, who was in daily contact with her family from her temporary base in Japan, when she joked about how her name might be in the newspapers.

WELL-KNOWN showbusiness personality Mark Leen was among the protestors outside a cinema in Tralee where The Da Vinci Code was shown last night.

A Protestant priest who faced being defrocked for publicly stating he did not believe in the divinity of Christ tonight announced his resignation.