Priest’s plea for peace at funeral of murder victim

A PARISH priest made an impassioned plea for peace yesterday at the funeral of a Limerick murder victim.

Priest’s plea for peace at funeral of murder victim

“Violence may be our most immediate response as we try to right a wrong, but as we all know only too well violence is not the answer. It is not the way forward,” said the Very Rev Frank O’Dea, of Moyross.

He was speaking at the funeral of 23-year-old Robert Fitzgerald from Cliona Park in Moyross. Mr Fitzgerald was shot on his way home from a party in the area on Tuesday.

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