EVERY strand of Tommy Murphy’s short life was represented at the crash victim’s funeral yesterday in west Limerick.

AMONG those who placed flowers at the scene of the fatal crash in Limerick yesterday were Patrick and Eileen O’Donovan, whose daughter Trish is married to Richard Feury.

AN annual sporting pilgrimage to the Listowel Races by a group of horse racing friends from Limerick ended in tragedy on Sunday night when three of them were killed instantly as they returned home in a hackney.

Just 49 days after Steven Gerrard drove Liverpool to Champions League glory, the inspirational Anfield captain struck his first hat-trick for the club to make sure their defence of their crown did not end in embarrassment against a bunch of unknowns from mid-Wales.