Carmel Collins and her family faced down violence and intimidation from gangland thugs who murdered her innocent son Roy, so that other families would not have to suffer a similar hell, her funeral mass heard today.

A swimming instructor has become the first person to complete the gruelling open water swim from Ballycotton to Ardmore on the south east coast.

Endurance swimmer Carmel Collins talks to us ahead of today’s International Ice Mile Swim in Lough Dan, Wicklow. Interview by Colm O’Connor.

IN the last eight days, two men have been gunned down and two more have been left counting their lucky stars they are still alive.