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Tunisia: All 30 British victims return home

The bodies of all 30 Britons who lost their lives after a gunman opened fire on tourists during last Friday's terror attack on the Tunisian beach resort of Sousse have been returned home.

Lisa Burbidge, Stuart Cullen, Claire Windass, Bruce Wilkinson and Christopher Dyer were the final victims to be repatriated and landed at Brize Norton this afternoon.

Thirty-eight people - including 30 Britons - were killed when gunman Seifeddine Rezgui opened fire in the resort of Sousse on June 26.

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Funeral for Irish nurse killed in Tunisia attack

The funeral has been held for the Irish nurse who was murdered in the Tunisia beach attack.

Lorna Carty, from Co Meath, was on holiday with her husband to help him recover from heart surgery.

The coffin of mother-of-two Lorna Carty, from Co Meath Credit: PA

The mother-of-two will be remembered for her goodness and kindness, her funeral mass has heard.

Thousands packed into and around the Church of the Assumption in close-knit Robinstown, Co Meath, for the service.

Nurse Lorna Carty was on holiday with her husband who was recovering from heart surgery Credit: Facebook

Yesterday, the only child of a couple from Athlone, in the Irish midlands, who were murdered in the attack buried her parents on her birthday.

Larry and Martina Hayes, a couple in their 50s, were hours from returning home from their annual holiday when they were gunned down in the beach massacre.

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