Tragic Deirdre buried in Cork

The six-year-old girl who was abducted and shot dead by her father in Co Tipperary earlier this week was buried today.

The funeral took place today of the abducted six-year-old Cork girl who was shot dead by her father after the pair spent 20 months on the run.

Christopher Crowley, 44, shot his daughter Deirdre with a sawn-off shotgun and then turned the weapon on himself after detectives tracked him down to his home in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, last Thursday.

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