Hundreds, including British and Irish leaders, attend funeral of journalist Lyra Mckee, who was killed during riots last week
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and Ireland's President Michael D Higgins attend the funeral service for murdered journalist Lyra McKee at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 24, 2019.
The UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and the leaders of Northern Ireland's Catholic and Protestant political parties also attended the service at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast. Some of McKee's family and friends wore Harry Potter and Marvel items in tribute to her love of those fictional worlds.
The New IRA, the largest of the splinter groups opposed to the peace process, has been blamed for a January car bomb outside the main courthouse in Derry and claimed responsibility for a series of letter bombs sent to transit hubs in Britain last month. No one was injured in either attack. Security officials have warned that political drift in Northern Ireland and uncertainty around Brexit could embolden those bent on violence.
Britain, the EU, and Ireland all say there will be no hard border, but it remains unclear how that will be achieved.
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