The removal of Michael Dwyer, the man shot dead by police in Bolivia a fortnight ago, took place tonight in Co Tipperary.
Mr Dwyer’s remains were taken from Keller’s Funeral Home in Nenaght to the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Terryglass. His burial will follow Requiem Mass at 11am tomorrow.
Mr Dwyer is survived by his parents Martin and Caroline, and siblings Aisling, Ciara and Emmet.
A postmortem carried out by State Pathologist Prof Marie Cassidy on Monday morning at the request of Mr Dwyer’s family confirmed that the 24-year-old died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
An inquest into his killing will be conducted before the Dublin County Coroner’s Court. It is understood there was no examination of the body by the authorities in Bolivia.
The Bolivian authorities have said he was shot dead, along with two others, in a Santa Cruz hotel in the early hours of last Thursday week after a gunfight with Bolivian police. However, pictures of his body in the bedroom of the hotel showed Mr Dwyer was in his underwear, suggesting he may have been in bed at the time.
Authorities in Bolivia have alleged that Mr Dwyer and Eduardo Rózsa Flores, a Bolivian adventurer of Hungarian descent, and Arpad Magyarosi, a Romanian of Hungarian ethnicity, were involved in an international plot to assassinate President Evo Morales.
Mr Dwyer’s family and friends have dismissed suggestions he was involved in terrorism, saying he was not interested in politics.
The Government has called for an international investigation into the circumstances around the fatal shooting.