News about Danny Boy

BOYGEORGE: I knew I was gay by the time I was six years old, as did everyone else. Despite being mocked for being eminate and pretty, I never really wished I was straight. Of course, I knew I had to keep it private. A poofter was the worst thing you could have been at school. And the instructors were homophobic. 'Pick your legs up, lassie,' my gym instructor, Mr McIntyre, would yell: "Pick your legs up, lassie.' I was in the 1970s, and there was a sense that I should get to my gay business over there in the corner rather than worry about it. It was never going to be a success for me. I went to Sunday School in one of Mum's hats as a child. One of her friends called and said: 'Do you know what he's wearing?'

After being killed on the A5 near Aughnacloy on Thursday, Dan and Christine McKane's funeral was held today at The Church of The Immaculate Conception in Strabane. Julia McSorley, 75, was also killed in the accident. They were returning from the funeral of a family friend in Corby, Northamptonshire, who died there. One of Mr McKane's daughters and Mrs McKane's sons later read poems they had written for them at the funeral service today. The mourners included Michael D Higgins, the Irish president, and Sinn Fein Stormont chief Michelle O'Neill, who were commended for their presence.