The Irish priest found murdered in Kenya will be buried in his parents grave this Sunday.

AN elderly Irish priest was stabbed to death in the bedroom of his Kenyan mission for “the sake of a mobile phone and a few small things”.

An Irish priest was murdered during a violent robbery at his home in Kenya, it was confirmed today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a Limerick priest has been killed in Kenya during a violent break-in at his home overnight.

Reports of a peace deal between Kenya’s rival political factions were described as premature by former UN head Kofi Annan today.

Hopes for an end to the violence sweeping Kenya rose today when a leading opposition MP said a deal had been struck to form a joint government with President Mwai Kibaki.

A Kenyan policeman was lynched by a mob of demonstrators today in revenge for the shooting of an MP by another officer.