2,000 attend funeral of murdered postman
At least 2,000 people have attended the funeral of the Catholic postman shot dead by UDA killers in Belfast.
Hundreds of postal workers stood in silence outside Daniel McColgan's home on the northern outskirts of the city as his coffin was carried from the house.
All postal workers in Northern Ireland staged a 24-hour stoppage as a mark of respect for their murdered colleague and huge numbers of those who worked with him in Belfast attended the funeral.
The victim's grieving parents, brother and girlfriend Lindsey Milliken, mother of his 13-month-old daughter, walked behind the coffin as the funeral cortege moved slowly down streets lined with mourners.
Two hearses packed with floral tributes from friends, family and Royal Mail employees led the procession.
Hundreds more mourners waited two miles away at the Star of the Sea Catholic Church where the funeral service was due to take place.
At noon, 300,000 postal workers across Northern Ireland, observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect for the 20-year-old murder victim.
On January 18, hundreds of thousands of workers across Northern Ireland are expected to take part in a further half-day stoppage organised by the trade unions to express their disgust at the murder.
As the funeral went on two men continued to be questioned by police about the murder.
