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These hilarious gravestone etchings prove that the Irish have an uncanny way of bringing humor into the darkest hour. The Irish have long been known for their love of the macabre and humor, even in death. The book ‘Dead Funny’ by Allen Foster traces the funniest gravestone epitaphs in Ireland.

Sir — At the turning of the year, the ‘little men’ were in conclave up the side of Slieve- namon. They were gathered to discuss the extraordinary rise of the Limerick hurling team and the fate of rivals Kilkenny and Tipperary, whom they saw as the carriers of the hurling flame, with Cork an annoying impostor.

Though it has only a small office here, the sale of Rory Godson’s Powerscourt Media to a US outfit for $50m (€46m) last October sent a buzz through Dublin’s PR industry. It came just over a year after Dan Pender’s 360 was sold to Finn Partners, another US group.

Latest incident comes as victim of Thursday crash in Kerry is named locally as Mary Walsh