Murdered mother and children ‘together and finally safe’ – funeral hears

The funeral cortege for Vanessa Whyte and her children Sara and James Rutledge, at Church of the Immaculate Conception in Barefield, Co Clare. Picture: Noel Sweeney/PA Wire

A murdered mother and her children are “together and finally safe”, their funeral has heard.

Crowds flooded into the Co Clare village of Barefield for the funeral of Vanessa Whyte, 45, and her children James Rutledge, 14, and Sara Rutledge, 13, who died in a shooting at their home in Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh.