Adventurer Ian McKeever took “the road less travelled”, mourners at his requiem Mass were told.

Considering the tragic nature of his death, the words of Fr Seamus Houlihan at last night’s removal of the late Shane McEntee were all the more poignant to those in attendance.

The world of GAA has said goodbye to one of its greatest sporting legends.

Up 15,000 farmers are currently taking part in a major protest in Dublin city centre.

Confusion reigned yesterday as lifeguards warned swimmers not to bathe at seven beaches in Co Cork, despite test results showing they were within permissible EU levels for the bacteria E.coli.

The scene is one which would have embarrassed and delighted Con Houlihan in equal measure as the funeral Mass for the legendary and much-loved journalist saw a gathering of his admirers and devotees in the guise of former newspaper colleagues and readers.

Tricolours erected to mark Ireland reaching the finals of the Euro 2012 Championship still hang on many buildings on the main street of Blessington.

Football fan James Nolan who died on a trip of a lifetime to Euro 2012 has been described as "one in a million".

The funeral has taken place of James Nolan in Co Wicklow.

THOUSANDS turned out last night for the removal of the tragic Co Wicklow Garda killed in Monday’s floods.

A property developer was found not guilty today of criminal damage and dangerous driving charges in connection with an incident in which a concrete mixer truck was driven at the gates of Leinster House last September.

EUROPEAN allies share the Irish view that the EU’s market for high end beef cuts must be protected in any meat deal the European Commission strikes with South American countries as part of the Mercosur talks.

THE President, Mary McAleese, and her husband, Dr Martin McAleese, were among the hundreds of mourners at the Mass of the Angels for little Léana Martin.

A BIG funeral for a giant of a man.

A man with a history of mental illness has been jailed for three and a half years for inflicting 11 knife wounds on his neighbour, one penetrating his brain and another going through his cheek.

A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the attempted murder of a man in Dublin city last year.

A man serving a 10-year sentence for his role in a €2.8m drugs transfer has been given a concurrent sentence for transporting a smaller cache some days earlier near Dublin Port.

TDs from all parties are due to make statements in the Dáil today expressing their revulsion at the murder of Shane Geoghegan in Limerick last weekend.

The killing of rugby captain Shane Geoghegan could be a turning point in the bloody feud among Limerick’s rival drug gangs, a priest told mourners today.

Thousands of people today lined the streets of Limerick for the funeral of rugby player Shane Geoghegan, who was gunned down over the weekend.

Massive numbers are expected today at the funeral of murdered rugby player Shane Geoghegan.

IFA PRESIDENT Padraig Walshe, chief executive Michael Berkery and European director Michael Treacy, met Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel and senior officials in Brussels yesterday.

THE decision of Irish voters not to ratify the Lisbon treaty is a serious issue that has a strong bearing on agriculture, according to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mariann Fischer Boel.

BRAZILIAN beef will be banned from being sold in the EU from today because of concerns about its safety.

The club football championships in Munster and Leinster moved nearer the final stages after today's action in both provinces.

BRAY came to a standstill as thousands of mourners paid their last respects to firefighter Mark O’Shaughnessy.

The names of two people who died in collisions over the weekend have been released by the Gardaí.

Dr Crokes (Kerry) 2-9 Moorefield (Kildare) 0-8

THE North American County Board will attend this weekend’s GAA Congress in Dublin armed with eight votes in support of the suspension of Rule 42.

AT the funeral Mass of Máirín Lynch in Cork’s North Cathedral yesterday, an old friend flicked through a small photo album and fought back tears.