FORMER Workers’ Party leader Tomás MacGiolla was laid to rest in Dublin yesterday with an uilleann pipes lament and praise for his lifelong commitment to the unity of “Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter”.

The removal of Tomás MacGiolla, former President of the Workers Party, will take place in Dublin today.

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern insisted he had never taken bribes as his role in plans for a national stadium came under the spotlight of the Mahon inquiry.