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Pakistan protesters end blockade over deaths of miners
Ten miners were kidnapped and killed last week.
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Ten miners were kidnapped and killed last week.
Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September, aged 95.
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe died on 6 September, aged 95.
The commission said the affidavit from the congregation that ran the mother and baby home was “speculative, inaccurate and misleading”.
Ruth Maguire (30), from Newcastle, Co Down, had last been seen close to midnight last Saturday night.
Under Islamic custom, burials are to take place as soon as possible after death, which hasn’t been the case in this situation.
George HW Bush died last Friday at the age 94.
Exceptional needs payments can be made under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
A number of TDs have put down amendments ahead of the three-day discussion of the proposed abortion legislation next week.
McCain died on 25 August from brain cancer.
Exceptional needs payments can be made under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
Services in Dublin have gone ahead as planned, but a number of funerals in Cork were postponed due to the extreme weather.
The money was spent over the last three years.
The 37-year-old’s funeral in the northwestern village of Banie was attended by Polish President.
France has wrestled with the conundrum of where to bury the terrorists.
After his death, his mother was told: “Your son has died a martyr with his brothers on 13 November.”
One funeral director said while these funerals are done with dignity and respect, it is sad that there is no one to say a final goodbye.
Samy Amimour was one of three terrorists who killed 90 people at the music venue on 13 November before taking his own life during the Paris terror attacks.
Historian Conor Dodd talks to us about the enduring appeal of the place where 1.5 million people have been laid to rest.
“Down through the years I’ve seen some really tragic cases … It can be hard.”
It can seem like an overwhelming task – here it is step by step.
The Cork woman’s body is to be returned to Ireland this weekend.
It’s usually reserved for Teutonic clerics.
They were all buried today.
The two-month-old baby died the day after Christmas from sudden infant death syndrome and the local town refused the family a burial plot because they don’t pay taxes.
The Government is set to give an additional €778,000 towards combating the Ebola outbreak.
The funeral of Valerie Greaney will take place on Friday. Michael Greaney’s funeral will be held separately.
It all started with an obituary placed in the Galway Advertiser.
He will be laid to rest in Kilgarvan this afternoon.
He was an Irish terrier…
Proper burials of the dead is preserving the dignity of the deceased.
Sean was born in Ireland and moved to London at the age of 18. He died alone with no family. Now he is to be buried in Galway.
Sean Parker died in England and a call was put out for people to attend his funeral. But the people of Glisnk went one better.
A public memorial is expected to be scheduled later this year.
The funeral mass for 39-year-old Tom O’Gorman will take place in Castleknock today.
Later today, Sharon’s body will be taken from the Knesset to his farm in southern Israel for burial.
Songs and speeches rang across the rural village of Qunu this morning as a nation said its final farewell.
One of the more perplexing cuts outlined in this year’s budget is the axing of the Bereavement Grant. People feel that they’re not safe from austerity, even in death, writes Geraldine Fitzgerald.
National Library of Ireland researchers have been trying to identify the inscription, but they’ve hit a wall…
The searchable records will give an insight into the social history of Limerick from 1855 – 2008.