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

A DECISION is expected shortly from the DPP on a request by gardaí for a judicial review of a judge’s decision to hold a garda inspector in contempt.

BROKEN families united outside the Dáil yesterday to observe a minute’s silence in memory of women across Ireland who have been murdered.

Broken families united today to remember women across Ireland who have been murdered at the hands of brutal killers.

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 conviction of Joe O’Reilly for the brutal murder of his wife has given new hope to the relatives of those whose killers have never been jailed.

As Joe O’Reilly woke up on the first morning of a life sentence in Mountjoy prison the families of those whose killers have never been caught were given new hope.

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.

Since the start of 2006, 67 (check) people have met violent deaths — more than a killing every week.

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 man accused of murdering his teenaged ex-girlfriend pleaded guilty to the charge of murder today.

Senior prosecuting counsel Patrick McCarthy yesterday opened the case against Thomas Kennedy, who is accused of the murder of Sheola Keaney earlier this year in Cobh, writes Paul Kelly.

The murder trial of Sheola Keaney's ex-boyfriend opened at the Central Criminal Court in Cork today where the 21-year-old man denies murdering his ex-girlfriend in Cobh last July.

An inquest into the death of Co Cork teenager Sheola Keaney has heard that she died from manual strangulation.

A date has been set for the trial of a 21-year-old man charged with murder of 19-year-old Cobh girl Sheola Keaney.

The ex-boyfriend of a murdered teenage waitress will be sent for trial today at the Central Criminal Court, charged with her murder.

The man accused of the murder of Sheola Keaney was today further remanded in custody.

A man appeared before a Cork court tonight charged with the murder of 19-year-old Sheola Keaney.

Gardaí have been given more time to question a young man being held in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Sheola Keaney last week.

Gardaí in Co Cork have arrested a man in his early 20s in connection with the murder of Cobh woman Sheola Keaney.

TWO friends of murdered teenager Sheola Keaney bravely expressed what so many of her friends and relatives were feeling as they sat at her funeral Mass yesterday.

The 19-year-old woman found murdered in Co Cork at the weekend is due to laid to rest today.

FRIENDS of tragic Sheola Keaney have left a trail of tributes on her personal Bebo website, describing a bubbly and caring person that will be missed in her native Tipperary and her new home in Cobh.

GARDAÍ are still trying to pin down the exact time strangled teenager Sheola Keaney was last seen alive because this information could prove vital to finding her killer.

MORE than 500 family friends and work colleagues gathered together in silent mourning last night to escort the body of murdered teenager Sheola Keaney to Cobh Cathedral ahead of her burial this afternoon.

The killer of Cobh woman Sheola Keaney concealed her remains under scrap metal, it was confirmed today.

Gardaí in Co Cork have launched a murder inquiry following confirmation that the young woman found dead in Cobh on Sunday night had suffered a violent death.

GARDAÍ are keeping an open mind on their investigation into the death of Sheola Keaney, whose body was found dumped in a laneway in Cobh, Co Cork on Sunday night.

Gardaí tonight confirmed the body found dumped in a laneway near a rugby ground in Cobh, Co Cork is that of missing teenager Sheola Keaney.

Gardaí in Co Cork are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman whose body was found yesterday afternoon during a search for a missing Cobh teenager.

A garda investigation was underway in Co Cork tonight after the body of a young woman was found.