A round up of today's other stories in brief.
Second man charged with Derry murder
A second man has been charged with the murder of a musician whose body was recovered from the River Foyle in Derry in September. Anthony Richard Fahy (18), Ashmore House, Northland Road, appeared before Derry Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with murdering Jim Guthrie Gilchrist (62) on September 28th. A detective sergeant told the court that when charged the defendant replied "No". He was remanded in custody until November 24th.
Alan Paul Luukas (27), charged with Mr Gilchrist's murder two weeks ago, remains in custody.
Bomb taunt defendant fined
An unemployed man, who told a policewoman that not enough of her colleagues were killed in the 1998 Omagh bomb atrocity, was told by a resident magistrate yesterday the only reason he was not being sent to jail was because he had a previously clear criminal record.
Darren Patrick James Cassidy (22), Fanad Drive in the Creggan area of Derry, admitted in the city's Magistrates' Court to one charge of disorderly behaviour and one of assaulting a police officer. The incidents occurred on June 9th in William Street.
Imposing the maximum fine of £1,000 for the disorderly behaviour charge, the magistrate also imposed a two-month jail sentence, suspended for two years. He fined the defendant £200 for assaulting a police officer and ordered him to pay compensation of £300.
Funeral of Joe Power today
The funeral Mass for Joe Power (72), formerly Religious Affairs Correspondent of the Irish Independent, will take place in St Therese's Church Mount Merrion, Dublin, at 10am today.
Burial will be immediately afterwards in Glasnevin Cemetery. The removal to St Therese's yesterday evening was attended by family, friends and former colleagues.
Chief mourners are: Mr Power's wife Brigid (Pansy), daughters Anna-Maria, Marie-Therese, Justine and Caroline, son John, as well as his brother John and sister Mary.