The Sinn Fein vice president has cut short a family holiday to attend Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome.

Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin said the 2018 visit was ‘overshadowed by the story of abuse’.

Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin said that Pope Francis would regularly ask about the peace process

Michael D Higgins led Irish tributes to the former pontiff after Benedict’s death on Saturday.

They were speaking in a new year’s message for 2023 which will mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement.