Mr McCahill – who was named Donegal Person of the Year in 2016 – died after an assault in his Ardara home earlier this week.

Mr O’Dywer (40), was a doting father of three and partner, and his hardened steel, shown on the battlefield of strongman competitions, was unrivalled; his funeral mass heard.

Patrick (Pa) and Seamus Cuffe were found dead on December 28th last.

Sarah Halpenny, who was a former teacher at St Joseph’s National School, Kingscourt, in Co Cavan was living in Melbourne at the time of her death.

Gary Mounfield died last month at the age of 63.

Sammy McInerney died at the scene of a two-car collision at Templeglantine, west Limerick, last Thursday.

Kenyon Jones Ginn, fondly known as Taffy, died on November 19th last.

Hundreds of people lined the street as the hearse carrying the coffin approached the church.

Paul Fitzpatrick, who was accompanied by friends, was fox hunting when the incident took place.

David Gallagher has been charged with the murder of his mother and with assault causing harm to his father, close to the family home in Ballinlough on November 17th.

Hundreds of mourners joined Chloe McGee’s family at St Joseph’s Church in Carrickmacross on Saturdayz

Mark O’Connell, of Fairfield Green in Farranree in Cork city, was found with injuries outside a property in Hollyville in Hollyhill shortly after 4.30am last Sunday.

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funerals of Alan McCluskey in Co Meath, and Dylan Commins in Co Louth.

Stella Gallagher (59) died in Cork University Hospital in the aftermath of the stabbing incident in which her husband Brian was also seriously injured.

Mourners have heard how the Focus Ireland founder was a ‘powerhouse of good’ and a formidable woman.

Mourners gathered to remember Sister Stan as her funeral took place in Donnybrook, Dublin.

Father Gerry Campbell appealed at the joint funeral for three members of the O’Connor family for more resources to be devoted towards mental health.

The senior civil servant, a key figure during the Northern Ireland peace process, died last month at the age of 78.

Mourners at the funeral of Mia Keevan, 17, at St Nicholas’ Church in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, also heard a plea for young people to think about the choices they make and to watch out for each other.

The 9-year-old was a pupil at St Crone's National School in the town. Funeral of boy (9) who died following Donegal machinery tragedy to take place on Wednesday

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra (33), originally from Monacurragh, Co Carlow, was found unconscious on a boat in Long Island, New York

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead on a boat at Montauk Yacht Club in New York's Hamptons

The entrepreneur from Co Carlow was found dead on a boat docked at a yacht club on Long Island

Pat Fitzgerald, a former Waterford Crystal worker who was a widower aged in his 70s, was found in a house in St Catherine’s Grange Housing Estate last Friday.

Mr McIlheney, originally from Belfast, died in May at the age of 65.

Vanessa Whyte, 45, and her children James Rutledge, 14, and Sara Rutledge, 13, died in a shooting at their home in Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh.

Vanessa Whyte, her son James and daughter Sara died in a shooting incident at their home in Fermanagh in July.

A service of removal has taken place for Vanessa Whyte and her children Sara and James, who were shot dead a week ago.

Phillip Ambrose, (43), of no fixed abode, was charged with Mr Hayes’s murder before a special night-time sitting of Limerick District Court, last Saturday.

At the start of her Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Newcastle Claire Moloney, Principal of Scoil Mhuire Caisleán Nua on behalf of Freya’s mother Shannen spoke about the impact her young daughter had on her life.

Freya Tobin of Lynch Terrace in Newcastle was due to start first year in a local secondary school next September.

A service of thanksgiving for Ms Montgomery took place in Donaghadee on Thursday afternoon.

A joint funeral was held on Monday for nurse Natalie McLaughlin and her six-year-old daughter Ella.

Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson each carried a floral tribute in the shape of a red shirt.

The Capuchin Franciscan friar founded Dublin’s Capuchin Day Centre in 1969 to help the homeless.

Henry Mount Charles died last week at the age of 74.

There were searches for Michael Gaine before human remains found on his land were positively identified as his.

Ellen Cassidy (24) of Carhoo, Old Mallow Road in Co Cork, became ill just after she completed the half marathon last Sunday at about 1pm.

The service for Matt Sibanda heard that the 18-year-old was ‘undeniably wise and good beyond his years’.

The requiem mass for Garda Kevin Flatley was held in Balbriggin in Co Dublin.

Kevin Flatley died last weekend after being struck by a motorcyclist.

It will be broadcast live on large screens outside the church, and will also be streamed live by An Garda Síochána on the force's Facebook page, starting at around 1.15pm.

Emmanuel Familola died along with his friend Matt Siband when a group of teenagers got into difficulty while swimming off Ned's Point in Buncrana on Saturday afternoon last.