One of the consequences of the murder of Lyra McKee, who will be buried today, in Derry last week is the sobering reminder that an enduring evil festers barely beneath the surface of this society.

Dissident republican group Saoradh has come in for renewed criticism after lauding the “success” of its widely condemned Easter marches.

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is treating with “extreme seriousness” an alleged assault on the manager of a soccer team playing in an All-Ireland final in Tralee, Co Kerry.