Taoiseach shocked by teenager's sectarian murder

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today described the murder of a Catholic schoolboy in Northern Ireland as a "shocking reminder of the evils of sectarianism".

Mr Ahern extended his sympathies to the family of 15-year-old Michael McIlveen, who died last night from the injuries he sustained during a vicious assault in Ballymena, Co Antrim at the weekend.