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A memorial service has taken place in Belfast for Ulster Rugby player Nevin Spence and his father and brother who died after falling into a slurry tank at their farm at Hillsborough in Northern Ireland.

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Sister's tribute to 'gentlemen' who died in slurry tank accident

Emma Spence has spoken at the funeral of her father and two brothers, telling mourners that they were "gentlemen."

Emma had twice tried to save her family from the slurry tank were they died before being overcome by fumes herself.

At the funeral at Ballynahinch Baptist Church, she said:

They were gentlemen. They were hard-working men.

They were not perfect but they were genuine. They were best friends.

They were Godly men - they didn't talk about God, they just did God.

They were just ordinary - but God made them extraordinary.

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