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 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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.