Emotional scenes as Gately's body returns home

Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was given an emotional homecoming tonight as the pop star made his final journey back to his working-class roots.

Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was given an emotional homecoming tonight as the pop star made his final journey back to his working-class roots.

Heartbroken parents Margaret and Martin joined the singer’s four devastated bandmates and manager Louis Walsh to pay respects at a private prayer vigil and wake in Dublin’s north inner city.

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