Michaela's funeral to take place on Thursday

The funeral of Michaela Davis, who was killed in Dublin at the weekend, is to take place on Thursday.

The 12-year-old's body was found on a bank of the Royal Canal on Saturday afternoon. She had been strangled.

Yesterday, 18-year-old Jonathan Byrne of 24, Lohunda Downs, Clonsilla, appeared in court charged with the schoolgirl's murder.

He was remanded in custody to appear in court again on Friday.