Meghan Johnston will be laid to rest today as her friend continues her fight for life following the six-person road crash in West Cork in the early hours of Monday.

Tears flowed freely at a requiem Mass as a grieving father paid tribute to his “loving and caring son” who was described as a “popular, generous” teenager who was “full of fun”.

A British soldier killed in a landmine blast in Afghanistan has been laid to rest beside his baby daughter in the North.