The 4 Corners festival was co-founded by Presbyterian minister Rev Steve Stockman and Catholic priest, Fr Martin Magill.

Goethe wrote in 1832, “I hate all bungling like sin. but most of all bungling in state affairs, which produce nothing but mischief to thousands and millions”.

Talks to break the political impasse in the North are set to reconvene in the next fortnight amid mounting public pressure.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that if there was the political will the issues that led to the fall of the Stormont Assembly could be “sorted out in one hour.”

The spontaneous applause was echoing around the vaulted Cathedral and mourners were on their feet before the full sentence had even been uttered.