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| Police chiefs and political leaders have been attending the funerals of three of the four police officers killed in a crash at the weekend. | |
| Their vehicle caught fire after crashing near Warrenpoint, County Down. | |
| A service for James Magee, 27, was held in Dromore while Kevin Gorman, 24, was laid to rest in Drumaness. | |
| The funeral of Kenneth Irvine, 30, is being held in Kilkeel. The fourth victim, 39-year-old Declan Greene, will be buried in Massforth on Thursday. | |
| Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde attended the funerals along with Assistant Chief Constable Judith Gillespie. | |
| Members of the Policing Board were also present. | |
| At the funeral of Constable Magee in Dromore, Dean Stephen Lowry paid tribute to the officer: "His death has brought to an end many of the hopes that we had for him. | |
| "But it has brought no shame, for he died on duty in the prime of life with everything to live for and the best record you could imagine." | |
| Constable Gorman played for both the GAA and football team in Drumaness and members of both formed a guard of honour at his funeral. | |
| During the service, a tribute was read out from his brother Shane, who said his brother "had crammed more into his 24 years than most people do in a lifetime". | |
| The 24-year-old was being buried in Ballynahinch. |