The stepfather of a soldier who died after falling ill at his army barracks told his funeral yesterday he was very proud when the late Daniel Donougher called him Dad for the first time.

A five-year-old girl from Co Cork who battled cancer for two years before passing away last week has been laid to rest.

Tributes poured in last night for little Cork girl who lost her brave battle against a rare cancer.

THE death has occurredof Richard (Dick) Barry of Dromsligo, Mallow, one of the most prominent and popular personalities in Irish golf for many years.