Tragedy at gipsy wedding as guest is shot dead and second injured outside church after priest begged men to stop fighting... but ceremony STILL goes ahead

A guest attending a gipsy wedding was shot dead and a second man was injured outside the church during fighting before the ceremony.

Barney McGinley died in hospital from his injuries after the shooting yesterday outside St Mary’s Catholic Church in the rural village of Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Parish priest Father Michael King - who was inside the church when the shooting happened - has described how he pleaded for the fighting to stop, while the bride was at the back of the church.