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A 30-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Mr Brannigan, and attempted murder of a priest.

Fr Bartlett said Mr Brannigan liked "to reach out to others, to drop in to a neighbour's house and make them a cup of tea, or paint their house for nothing, or look after the grave of a neighbour's loved one, as he did his late wife Dorenda's almost every day".

"This was so much a part of the kind, thoughtful person Stephen Brannigan was," he added.

Mr Brannigan is remembered as a "dearly beloved" husband, a "much loved" father of two daughters and a "loving grandfather" of six in his death notice.

A priest at the funeral of Stephen Brannigan, who was found murdered in a house in County Down, has condemned the "culture of aggression and violence" he said is "creeping like a cancer" through society.