# Funeral

Last week

22nd January 2023 - 28th January 2023

# Cork

Pensioner who died after alleged assault at Cork hospital ‘meant world to family’, funeral told

Healy was killed in an attack at the hospital shortly after 5.30am on Sunday.

16.9k

Updated Thu 1:15 PM

This month

January 2023

# SANTOS

'The King': Brazil says its final farewell to Pelé

Santos FC said some 250,000 people had attended his 24-hour wake in the Vila Belmiro stadium, where mourners continued arriving straight through the night.

11.3k

Jan 3rd 2023, 7:18 PM

# Catholic Church

Pilgrims keep streaming to Vatican to honour Pope Benedict

The former pontiff’s body is lying in state after his death on Saturday.

8.5k

Jan 3rd 2023, 11:00 AM

# tributes

Fans mourn Pele at public viewing in Brazil stadium

Football fans started arriving at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in the early hours of this morning to pay their last respects.

21.4k

Updated Jan 2nd 2023, 8:40 PM

# Lying in state

Tens of thousands pay tribute to ex-pope Benedict at Vatican

Today is the first day of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter’s Basilica.

16.7k

Updated Jan 2nd 2023, 7:21 PM

Last year

2022

# Courts

Man accused of brother's murder in Tralee cemetery fails to overturn bail refusal

Patrick Dooley of Arbutus Grove, Killarney, Co Kerry, is charged that with the murder of Thomas Dooley.

15.9k

Dec 20th 2022, 8:59 PM

# celebration

'She achieved a better Ireland': Music and memories at Kilkenny service for Vicky Phelan

The celebrated campaigner died earlier this month.

18.0k

Nov 27th 2022, 3:10 PM

# vicky phelan

Private funeral of Vicky Phelan has taken place in Co Clare

Vicky Phelan died in the early hours of Monday morning.

39.0k

Nov 18th 2022, 5:19 PM

# Queen Elizabeth II

British queen died of 'old age' three hours before announcement, death certificate reveals

The queen was laid to rest on 19 September, following a reign of 70 years.

45.9k

Sep 29th 2022, 3:41 PM

# Funeral

Sport to resume in UK on Tuesday after nation paused to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Race meetings will resume and football will continue after sport paused for the Queen’s funeral on Monday.

2.6k

Sep 20th 2022, 8:28 AM

# Funeral

Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest in Windsor after emotional public farewell

Around 2,000 people attended the late monarch’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey, including members of royal families from across Europe.

67.0k

Updated Sep 19th 2022, 8:55 PM

AS IT HAPPENED

Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II draws to a close as UK mourns

Huge crowds turned out to pay their respects to the monarch.

32.7k

Updated Sep 19th 2022, 12:30 PM

# royal duties

Truss and Sturgeon join King Charles III for queen's thanksgiving service

Charles will visit Northern Ireland tomorrow for a memorial service, which the Taoiseach and President will attend.

49.8k

Updated Sep 12th 2022, 6:52 PM

# last journey

Thousands line Queen’s coffin route to pay final respects in Scotland

The cortege travelled around 180-miles from Balmoral to Edinburgh in a journey lasting more than six hours.

62.2k

Updated Sep 11th 2022, 6:00 PM

# Tallaght

Funeral takes place for three siblings killed at home in Tallaght

Andy Cash, 24, has been charged with their murders.

42.3k

Updated Sep 9th 2022, 12:34 PM

# Moscow

Russians bid farewell to Gorbachev, but without Putin

Hundreds of mourners, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lined up to file past Gorbachev’s open casket.

46.0k

Updated Sep 3rd 2022, 2:40 PM

# RIP

'A parent's worst nightmare': Funeral held for Derry teenagers who drowned in Lough Enagh

Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown said that the two boys ‘were a huge gift to all of us in their life’.

28.3k

Updated Sep 2nd 2022, 4:15 PM

# No Show

Putin will not attend Mikhail Gorbachev funeral due to 'work schedule'

Gorbachev’s funeral ceremony will be held on Saturday in Moscow.

17.6k

Sep 1st 2022, 12:19 PM

# Tribute

'A young life needlessly ended': Funeral of Dylan McCarthy takes place in Limerick

McCarthy sustained fatal injuries when attacked by several men last week.

29.2k

Aug 28th 2022, 7:44 PM

# brandon thomas byrne

Funeral of toddler struck by jeep in Co Roscommon takes place

The 21-month-old child was knocked down close to the house where he and his family had been staying.

25.6k

Aug 23rd 2022, 1:45 PM

# GAA

Tipperary hurling hero Dillon Quirke died “doing what he loved” funeral mass told

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he was “shocked and saddened” by the news of Quirke’s passing.

43.7k

Updated Aug 9th 2022, 5:34 PM

# ballybunion tragedy

Siblings who died off Kerry beach 'looked after each other in life', funeral hears

Mourners were told of Dessie Byrne’s ‘wicked sense of humour’ and Muriel Eriksson’s ‘loving, caring’ nature.

21.8k

Aug 9th 2022, 3:03 PM

# Lisburn

David Trimble's actions allowed a generation in NI to grow up in 'relative peace', funeral hears

The Taoiseach, the president and the UK prime minister were among those in attendance at the church.

41.0k

Updated Aug 1st 2022, 3:26 PM

# Funeral

Japan mourns as funeral for former PM Abe held in Tokyo

Abe was shot at close range on Friday while giving a campaign speech in the city of Nara.

8.5k

Jul 12th 2022, 7:50 AM

# Belfast

Funeral of former UTV reporter and mother-of-two Aideen Kennedy held today

Aideen Kennedy died only hours after revealing on social media that she was receiving palliative care.

40.9k

Jun 21st 2022, 6:04 PM

# shireen abu akleh

Israeli police to probe violence at journalist's funeral after outrage over 'disgraceful' scenes

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said the violence at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral “should be roundly condemned”.

32.9k

Updated May 14th 2022, 2:15 PM

# shireen abu akleh

Coffin is dropped as Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of Al Jazeera journalist

Recent days have seen an outpouring of grief from across the Palestinian territories and the wider Arab world.

26.2k

Updated May 13th 2022, 2:15 PM

# RIP

Camogie player Kate Moran to be laid to rest on Friday afternoon

Kate died during a camogie match in Galway over the Easter weekend.

49.5k

Updated Apr 21st 2022, 7:00 AM

# Funeral

Man fatally stabbed in Cork last week laid to rest

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Carrigaline today.

27.1k

Apr 2nd 2022, 2:35 PM

# pierre zakrzewski

Funeral of journalist killed in Ukraine hears he 'brought hope to the darkest places of the world'

Family and friends of the cameraman addressed his funeral in Dublin today.

23.1k

Updated Mar 29th 2022, 12:40 PM

# ashling murphy

Despite the huge crowds, just silence: Ashling Murphy's community pays its respects

The nation came together yesterday to mourn the death of the 23-year-old teacher.

37.7k

Jan 19th 2022, 12:05 AM

# aoife beary

'You insisted on living life well': Tributes paid to Aoife Beary as her funeral takes place

Within the church this morning, Aoife was described as having “insisted” on living life well following the tragedy in Berkeley.

49.5k

Jan 7th 2022, 11:55 AM

All time

# Cape Town

Desmond Tutu's body lies in state for second day in South Africa

The globally revered anti-apartheid icon died peacefully aged 90 on Sunday.

6.5k

Dec 31st 2021, 1:53 PM

# Funeral

Sean FitzPatrick remembered by family as a ‘giant of a man’

The former chief executive and chairman of Anglo Irish Bank died at the age of 73 last Monday after a short illness.

41.6k

Nov 16th 2021, 3:26 PM

# RIP

Austin Currie remembered for his ‘fearless, immense courage’ at funeral

The leader of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland was laid to rest in his native Edendork, Co Tyrone, on Saturday.

15.7k

Nov 13th 2021, 4:15 PM

# Austin Currie

Tributes paid at funeral of a ‘true giant of civil rights’ Austin Currie

Currie, a key figure in Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at the age of 82.

14.2k

Nov 12th 2021, 12:47 PM

# Troubles

Military funeral for former British Soldier Dennis Hutchings takes place in Plymouth

Hutchings was on trial for the 1974 fatal shooting of John Pat Cunningham when he died last month.

24.2k

Updated Nov 11th 2021, 1:54 PM

# brendan kennelly

Funeral of Brendan Kennelly takes place in Kerry

Tributes have poured in for the celebrated poet and novelist, who died peacefully on Sunday.

21.4k

Updated Oct 20th 2021, 1:00 PM

# Paddy Moloney

'Music was his life': Funeral of Chieftains founder Paddy Moloney takes place in Wicklow

The piper, composer and producer from Donnycarney in Dublin died earlier this week aged 83.

48.5k

Updated Oct 15th 2021, 1:25 PM

# Pat Hume

'She was the calm at the centre of chaotic times': Funeral of Pat Hume takes place in Derry

Mrs Hume, a mother-of-five from Derry, died at home after a short illness on Thursday, surrounded by family.

12.2k

Sep 6th 2021, 12:23 PM