The son of a former Labour Party councillor who died in a house fire which his inquest heard was probably caused by a tumble dryer, said warnings about potential fire risks should be placed on all manufactured dryer machines.

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.

A security guard has been given a one-year suspended sentence for sexually assaulting an Italian woman after he posed as a bouncer and insisted on taking her home because she had too much to drink.