Families hoping to have a chance to properly come together and remember loved ones

An Irishman’s Diary

Cyril Galbraith began bell-ringing in 1939 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick

Mourners hear of ‘a very indulgent father to all his children’ and ‘devoted Celtic fan’

‘Wild flowers for the wild child’ laid on coffin of veteran RTÉ presenter who died aged 78

Irish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany home

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Three-quarters of all children born in or admitted to Bessborough in 1943 died in infancy

Des Smith’s grandfather Thomas Smith was shot dead in the boarding house he owned

A basic funeral can cost anywhere from €2,950 to €7,500, according to an insurer’s review

Late star knew his demons and knew his gifts, says Mass celebrant Fr Brian D’Arcy

Originally from Mullingar, Kelly worked as consumer affairs and Dáil correspondent

Robert Marsden Canon served at the Battle of Arnhem and with the Desert Rats

Tributes were paid to Lewis’s personality and sense of fun – his kindness, modesty and altruism

‘To say I was humbled and honoured to have her in my life would be an understatement’