Robinson and Kenny to attend Kerr funeral

IN what will be seen as a symbolic condemnation of the killing, both Taoiseach Enda Kenny and unionist First Minister Peter Robinson are both set to attend the funeral of murdered Catholic PSNI officer Ronan Kerr.

The rare sight of a senior ranking Democratic Unionist Party figure at a Catholic funeral is a telling sign of the cross-community abhorrence of the 25-year-old’s murder.

However, as figures from across the political spectrum both north and south spoke out against the dissident republicans responsible, police in the north were expressing the fear that the killers may already have identified their next target, and will continue to try to kill more officers.