THE GAA has defended a guard of honour by club members at the paramilitary-style funeral of a prominent Co Derry republican. Hundreds gathered in Bellaghy on Wednesday for the funeral of Declan McGlinchey, a son of murdered INLA chief of staff Dominic McGlinchey. A balaclava-clad 'colour party' stood alongside the coffin outside his home before men in berets marched with the main funeral procession through Bellaghy. Masked gunmen also fired a volley of shots in south Derry ahead of the funeral in a paramilitary 'show of strength'. The PSNI confirmed it is investigat[...]