The defence lawyer who represented one of the men cleared of honeymooner Michaela McAreavey’s murder has called for an inquiry into the leaking of graphic images of her body and the crime scene to a newspaper.

Jurors in the trial of two men accused of murdering the daughter of Tyrone gaelic football boss Mickey Harte were told to cut themselves off from the outside world as they prepare to hear from the first witness.

Heartbroken gaelic football manager Mickey Harte helped shoulder the coffin as thousands of people joined the funeral cortege for his murdered newlywed daughter today.

The Bishop of Down and Dromore John McAreavy has said he is disappointed to hear that victims of clerical sex abuse think the summit in Rome this week was "nothing but a cynical PR exercise".