THE head of the Catholic Church in Ireland was applauded by mourners at the funeral of murdered PSNI officer Ronan Kerr when he called for an immediate end to the futility and evil of violence.

Two teenage girls who were described as “inseparable” in life have been buried side by side in a small Co Limerick graveyard.

THE mother of murdered Frenchwoman Sophie Toscan du Plantier yesterday said her family still lives in hope of seeing her daughter’s killer brought to justice.