Players mourn murdered teammate

GAA players in the border town of Crossmaglen led an emotional farewell to a murdered teammate yesterday.

Huge crowds in South Armagh followed the funeral cortege of James Hughes, 35, who was shot dead in Dundalk in the early hours of Sunday.

Members of the Crossmaglen Rangers team carried the coffin of the man who had won three all-Ireland medals with the club, as his grief-stricken relatives made the short journey from his family home to St Patrick’s Church.