Mourners pay respects at removal of five of the victims of Carrickmines fire

19 Oct 2015; General view of people arriving paying their respects to five of the Carrickmines victims at prayer service in the funeral home. Thomas Murphy

McWhirter joins elite band after five-in-a-row drum crown

BALLYMENA-born Steven McWhirter has joined a unique body of just five people to have garnered an incredible FIVE successive world solo drumming titles. The leading tip of Inveraray

Monty men gain solace but All-Ireland drum prize stays south

Piobaireachd A - 1 Kris Coyle (FM Montgomery), 2 Ashley McMichael (FM Montgomery), 3 Peter Donnan (Cloughfin). :: Piobaireachd B - 1 Jonathon Simpson (Boghall