THE father of a young woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend five years ago was found dead in his home late on Tuesday.

MORE than 5,000 Leaving Certificate music students were confused by a mistake in part of a harmony question on yesterday’s higher level exam.

VICTIMS of crime and families who have lost loved ones through murder have been invited to attend a special memorial Mass in Cork.

POLITICIANS have lobbied for prisoners convicted of a range of serious crimes, including murder, drug-dealing and assault, documentation has shown.

THE last day of the 2008 Leaving Certificate began with engineering papers for more than 5,000 students yesterday morning.

IT should have been one of the proudest days of his life.

A taskforce and more specially trained gardaí are needed to tackle domestic violence in homes across Ireland, it was claimed today.

A MAN whose 19-year-old daughter was murdered last year has criticised the Victim Impact Statement process as “disgraceful” and said there was too much consideration for the perpetrators of violent crime.

“IT does stick in your head, to go in and open a coffin and look at your beautiful daughter in absolute bits.”

THE father of murdered teenager Sheola Keaney will attend a graveside ceremony in Cobh in three weeks to mark the first anniversary of her death.

A sentence of life imprisonment was imposed today on the man who murdered his teenaged ex-girlfriend in Cobh last July.

THE relief on Peter Keaney’s face was striking.

THE final day of Leaving Certificate 2005 began with engineering papers yesterday morning.

AN OVERHEAD photo of a thistle presented itself as a thorny issue in yesterday’s agricultural science higher paper.

MANY biology teachers felt that higher-level students were given a rough exam after the controversy surrounding the same subject this time last year.