The funeral takes place today of the young mother at the centre of the right to die case.

Her life support machine was switched off last Saturday.

The President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, ruled on St Stephen's Day that the life support could be discontinued as there was no prospect of the baby surviving.

The mother of two was 15 weeks pregnant when she was pronounced clinically dead after suffering serious brain trauma.

However doctors refused to turn off the life support, against the wishes of her family - as they were concerned about the constitutional rights of the unborn foetus.

On Friday, a panel of three High Court judges ruled that life support could be withdrawn.