Jockey Michael O’Sullivan won the hearts of the Irish people, his funeral heard. The 24-year-old Cheltenham Festival-winning rider, from Co Cork, died in hospital on Sunday from injuries he suffered ...

Mourners included Irish President Michael D Higgins, South Belfast MP Clare Hanna, former North Down MP Lady Sylvia Hermon and Seamus Heaney's widow Marie Devlin. A private committal followed at ...

A 12-year-old Co Donegal lad had a poem about peace between Orange and Green read by the Irish President only months before he was killed in the Omagh Bomb, an inquiry into the atrocity heard today.

The funeral ... poetry was often celebrating, always cautionary and, in its deepest sense, political." Family members gave reflections and readings, including the poet's son Daniel. He said his ...