The removals of three brothers - all victims of last week's double-murder/suicide tragedy in North Cork - is underway.

The removal service for the three brothers found dead in north Cork will take place later.

Funeral details have been released for three brothers found dead in Co Cork.

The Archbishop of Dublin has described the newly canonised popes John XXIII and John Paul II as men “who in their day to day ordinary lives try heroically to live the Christian life”.

Mourners have bid an emotional farewell to a young man who won a landmark legal battle which secured educational rights for the disabled.

One of the biggest weddings ever witnessed in Kerry saw a member of the famous Healy-Rae political dynasty tie the knot with his long-time sweetheart on Saturday.

The tragic passing of young Fermanagh footballer Brian Óg Maguire has left the GAA community both shocked and saddened.

In a heart-rending act of reconciliation, Mark Ryan spoke of his 10-year friendship with Diane Ward, the mother of his child, who is accused of killing the boy at her home in North Cork last Monday.

The funeral Mass has taken place today of eight-year-old Anthony Ward in Charleville, Co Cork.

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Charleville, Co Cork for the funeral of Anthony Ward.

Hundreds of mourners are expected to gather for the funeral of eight-year-old Anthony Ward from Co Cork later today.

The Mother of Anthony Ward has appeared in court in Limerick, charged with her son's murder.

The mother of a boy found dead at his home in north Cork has been charged with his murder.

A 43-year-old woman is due to appear in court in Limerick at at 6.30pm this evening in connection with the death of eight-year-old Anthony Ward in north Cork on Monday.

Gardaí will today resume questioning a 43-year-old mother in connection with the death of her only child at a house in North Cork.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD Kerry boy was undergoing brain surgery that may potentially save his life in a New York hospital last night.

THE death has occurred, after a short illness, of one of Munster’s best known and loved sports supporters, Declan O’Connell from Charleville, Co Cork.

THE GRIEVING wife of a Polish man who drowned with his only son off the Cork coast last week has asked for prayers that her son’s body will be found.

THE BODY of a teenager who became ill and died suddenly while on holiday with friends at a Spanish resort was flown back to Ireland yesterday.

JUST a few hundred yards from the Holy Cross Church in Dublin lies the Dundrum Luas stop.

Former Government minister Seamus Brennan will be laid to rest today after a Funeral Mass in his constituency.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan were among those at the removal of former Fianna Fáil minister Seamus Brennan last night.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness carried the coffin of a veteran republican at his funeral in the North yesterday.

Police hunting the murderers of two men in Belfast have recovered four guns, they said today.

SOME officials in Krakow, where Pope John Paul II was archbishop, hope his heart can be buried in their cathedral alongside Poland’s medieval kings and saints, but a senior cardinal cast doubt on that happening.

PEOPLE in Kenmare, Co Kerry, where a younger sister of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan is living, yesterday spoke of their sense of shock and outrage at her kidnapping.

AN 18-year-old hurler who collapsed and died during a junior hurling final in Cork last Friday will be buried today.

A parish priest in Belfast has expressed his concern about the high number of suicides among young men in north Belfast.

VISITING my native Kerry recently I was delighted to see the crowds attending Mass in that wonderful county.

Two men have been arrested after hijacking a bus in north Belfast this morning.