Rivals united in tributes to Gerry Fitt

Old rivals united across Northern Ireland’s political divide today for the funeral of the co-founder and first leader of the SDLP, Gerry Fitt.

The North's joint Nobel Peace Prize winners, Ulster Unionist David Trimble and the SDLP’s John Hume, were among those who gathered at London’s Westminster Cathedral to hear the former civil rights champion described as a man of moral courage and wit.