Hundreds attend funeral of couple killed in Curragh fire

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of the young couple who died in a house fire in the Curragh camp in Co Kildare on New Year's Day.

Twenty-three-year-old Darren Hanly and 21-year-old Amanda Murphy died when a fire engulfed the house in McMurragh Hill shortly after they returned from New Year's Eve celebrations.

The couple left behind two young boys aged three years and two months who are being cared for by relatives.

Speaking at today's funeral service in St Brigid's Church in the Curragh, Fr PJ McEvoy said the whole community was in shock and disbelief after the tragic deaths.