People clinging to Catholic beliefs by their fingernails have been told to look to Bono for hope.

It was the kind of send-off he would have loved — a packed house, music, humour, sporting people, and, most importantly of all, friends from all over the country.

Prayer candles burned brightly in the church where Maeve Binchy’s funeral took place yesterday — a poignant reminder of the writer’s first book, Light a Penny Candle.

A COMMUNITY united in grief yesterday paid a moving farewell to an Irish couple killed in a car crash in the US.

MURDERED Limerick man Shane Geoghegan earned admiration on the rugby field as a Garryowen captain.