A PERFECT silence fell as the hearse containing the two white coffins arrived at the church.

The funeral is taking place of the two sisters killed by their father in east Cork earlier this week.

The families of John, Ella and Zoe Butler say they are struggling to come to terms with their enormous loss as their bodies were brought back to their Co Cork home today.

It has emerged that the two little girls who were found dead in the fishing village of Ballycotton in Cork yesterday died from asphyxia.

STAFF at little Zoe Butler’s school have met with psychologists who will help her classmates come to terms with their friend’s sudden and tragic death.