Funeral takes place of murdered Dublin woman

The funeral took place in Dublin this morning of murdered 22-year-old mother of one Donna Cleary.

The funeral took place in Dublin this morning of murdered 22-year-old mother of one Donna Cleary.

Ms Cleary was killed in the early hours of Sunday, March 5th, after shots were fired into a house in Coolock where she was attending a birthday party.

Fr Pat Littleton who presided over the funeral said people would always remember the few awful minutes in the early hours of Sunday March 5 which had left a young girl dead, her three-year-old son without a mother, and her parents broken-hearted.

"This community numbed... a whole country asking what's happening to us and where we are going,?" he said.

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As hundreds of people packed into St Luke's church in Kilmore in North Dublin for the Funeral Mass, mourners in another church in North Dublin were attending the funeral of Dwayne Foster, her suspected killer.

Fr Littleton said the families of those who had caused the pain were themselves traumatised and pained. "As you yourself Peter (Donna's father) said, 'No parent sends their son out to do such evil deeds'."

The parents of Donna Cleary, Kathleen and Peter, and their two sons, Glen and Keith sat up at the front of the church in seats reserved from the family. However, Donna's three-year-old son Clayton was not present.

Her coffin was surrounded by two framed pictures, one showing her young son and another showing her holding him at Christmas. There was also a toy car and a Next cosmetics gift collection to show her love of fashion.

Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral service at St Luke the Evangelist church in Kilmore West last night.

The Garda investigation into her death is ongoing, following the death in custody of chief suspect Dwayne Foster, who is also due to be buried today at Dardistown cemetery.