'The loss of Lyra': Funeral service for murdered journalist Lyra McKee to take place in Belfast

The 29-year-old journalist was killed in Derry in the early hours of Good Friday.

THE FUNERAL OF 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead in Derry in the early hours of Good Friday, will take place at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast this afternoon.

“It’s going to be a celebration of her life,” her partner Sara Canning has said. “If people would like to wear Hufflepuff, Harry Potter, or Marvel related t-shirts…I know she would love it.” Fellow-journalists unable to attend this afternoon’s service have been asked to step out of work – together or alone – to commemorate Lyra.The young journalist’s murder during rioting at the Fannad Drive area in Creggan has been condemned across the political spectrum.A 57-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with her killing. Two men aged 18 and 19 were previously arrested in connection with the murder and were subsequently released without charge.

Subsequent vigils were held in Belfast, Dublin, Derry, Newry and Omagh. On Easter Sunday, a group of McKee’s friends held a protest outside the headquarters of a dissident Republican group in Derry.

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