Large crowds attended a prayer service for Baltimore drowning victim Niamh O’Connor at her family home last night.

The daughter of a couple tragically killed in their Co Donegal home has pleaded with people with mental health problems to get professional help.

Former taoiseach Albert Reynolds was laid to rest after a state funeral with full military honours.

The funeral of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds takes place this afternoon.

Politicians of all hues paid their respects to Albert the peacemaker as thousands gathered to say their final goodbye to the former taoiseach.

A Trinity graduate has turned his back on a career in pharmacy to serve God.

At home his kids called him head-the-ball, their fondness for Seamus Heaney the father more than a match for their awe of him as artist.

The removal of the remains of Seamus Heaney will take place this evening at 6:45pm to the Church of the Sacred Heart in Dublin's Donnybrook.

Ireland is preparing to say goodbye to one of its greatest ever writers this weekend, Seamus Heaney.

Books of condolence are due to be opened in Seamus Heaney's native Derry and in Belfast on Monday.

Former US president Bill Clinton praised Seamus Heaney as “our finest poet of the rhythms of ordinary lives” and a “powerful voice for peace” in a tribute.

Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney has been remembered as one of Ireland’s finest literary minds following his death after a short illness. The farmer’s son died in hospital in Dublin aged 74.

The funeral mass for Seamus Heaney will take place on Monday at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, south Dublin followed by burial in his birthplace of Bellaghy, Co Derry.

Devastated parents and a distraught young father were foremost among the mourners who wept and watched as a mother and her daughter, murdered in Co Kerry, were laid to rest in a hillside grave outside the tiny Lithuanian village of Gedrimai yesterday.

Former government minister and ceann comhairle John O’Connell has been remembered as “a great humanitarian who did great good in his world”.

There were harrowing scenes of grief as heartbroken parents John and Michelle Gilmore watched their two “little princesses” being laid to rest yesterday.

A shocked community will come to a standstill this morning to say farewell to the two little sisters who were killed in an horrific accident on Sunday.

Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has described the horrific crash which claimed the lives of two young sisters on Sunday afternoon as the “worst nightmare” of every parent.

Manchester United and Liverpool memorabilia yesterday adorned the coffins of three sports-mad brothers who died in a crash last week.

There were heartbreaking scenes in Huntstown, Co Dublin, at the funeral Mass yesterday of a man who died shortly after attending a concert in Phoenix Park last weekend.

The final headquarters of the 1916 rising has been allowed to degenerate into a slum, the Dáil heard.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said he is not in favour of any future coalition with Sinn Féin.

THE Kerry GAA player who collapsed during a local derby championship game at the weekend died yesterday.

Former High Court President and Attorney General Declan Costello will be laid to rest in Dublin tomorrow.

Hundreds of people gathered in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook this afternoon to pay their final respects to former taoiseach Dr Garret Fitzgerald, described as a "outstanding leader of our time".

OH, this age of austerity business is proving very difficult for the great and the good to get used to.

AN investigation into a fatal accident at an east Cork hotel’s septic tank could take weeks, or even months, to reach a conclusion.

AN Irish father-of-two killed in the New Zealand earthquake was yesterday remembered as a man of great compassion as he was laid to rest in his home soil.

An Irish father-of-two killed in the New Zealand earthquake was today remembered as a man of great compassion as he was laid to rest in his home soil.

THE remains of Irish Christchurch earthquake victim, Eoin McKenna, 41, have finally arrived home, more than a fortnight after a devastating natural disaster caused havoc in his adopted country.

A GRIEVING mother will today lead mourners at the funeral of her eight-year-old son who died earlier this week in Co Donegal.

The funeral has taken place of the former Attorney General Rory Brady.

The President Mary Mc Aleese is expected to attend the removal of former Attorney General Rory Brady this evening.

THE BISHOP of Down and Connor Dr Noel Treanor has said the Church, Government and other institutions of the state “must encourage and foster courageous leadership” if we are to rebuild people’s trust in society.

THERE were cameras and a full house at the final curtain call for Fair City star Joan Brosnan Walsh, whose funeral took place in Malahide, Co Dublin, yesterday.

THE world of Irish rugby put aside thoughts of next Saturday’s Munster-Leinster match yesterday as it celebrated the life of the late Irish and Lions captain, Karl Mullen, who died last Sunday aged 82.

The annual Fianna Fáil Easter Rising Commemoration will take place today at Arbour Hill in Dublin.

IT seems the Hidden History TV series get its facts wrong, if some recent instalments are anything to go by.

THE political vision that Seán Moylan shared with other outstanding figures of his time, such as Seán Lemass, laid the foundations for the remarkable transformation in the country’s economic fortunes that occurred from the 1960s onwards, Justice Minister Brian Lenihan said yesterday.

A REBEL cleric who openly defied a bishop’s authority was buried yesterday.

The President, the Taoiseach and the leaders of the opposition are all attending a State commemoration in Dublin today to mark the 1916 Rising.

SEALED bids for a historic Jesuit church and adjoining residence will be opened in a Limerick solicitor’s office today.

The annual Fianna Fáil 1916 Easter Rising commemoration is being held in Dublin this morning.

HELLRAISER, poet, actor, sportsman and singer — the colourful life of Richard Harris was remembered fondly at the weekend as Limerick said farewell to its favourite son.