A legend, a leader, a braveheart, a kind, loving and spiritual man were among the accolades used to describe Willie Duggan at his funeral Mass, when more than 1,000 people gathered to say farewell to a giant of Irish and international rugby.

Members of the band Kodaline were among the mourners of Kilkenny teenager Ciara Lawlor who died attending their gig in Dublin at the weekend.

The devastated parents of Jake Brennan released two doves into the sky at his funeral yesterday as they continued to struggle to come to terms with his death.

FIVE men were arrested yesterday after 40 members of the Travelling community became embroiled in a fight inside a Kilkenny city funeral home.

The definitive cause of death of 13-year-old Willie Delaney is still unknown this afternoon, following preliminary post mortem results.