THIS is an edited version of US President Barack Obama’s funeral speech: “Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy.

Senator Edward Kennedy’s body was taken on the first leg of its final journey, first past landmark after landmark bearing his family’s famous name and then to his murdered brother’s presidential library where mourners lined up by the thousands to bid farewell to him.

WHEN 86-year-old Rosemary Kennedy, sister of President John F Kennedy, died in January 2005, the New York Times ran a story saying she had been born mentally disabled.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver was celebrated by family members as a passionate humanitarian and a pious woman devoid of vanity, hours after thousands of mourners flocked to a church to pay their respects to the founder of the Special Olympics.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese yesterday led tributes to Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

PRESIDENT John F Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family’s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of mentally disabled people, died early yesterday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.

TWO boys aged 15 and 16 will appear in a Belfast court this morning charged in connection with last week’s intimidation of more than 100 Romanian migrants in the city.

JUST what ingredients do you need for that perfect winter stew? Or how do you bake the best mince pies or mouth-watering festive treats?

SARAH lives in Dandora, one of Nairobi’s slums, which sits beside a giant dump of several kilometres.

TRIBUTES poured in yesterday to Fair City and stage actress Joan O’Hara, best known in recent years for her portrayal of Eunice in RTÉ’s Fair City.

AMERICA’S Justin Gatlin earned his mantle among the greats of sprinting last night as he added the world 100 metres title to the Olympic crown he won last year.

CAROLINA KLUFT has played down reports she is suffering from a knee injury ahead of what promises to be the best heptathlon competition in history.