Ahern to give graveside oration at State funeral

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern will deliver the graveside oration at the State funeral of Mr Haughey in Dublin on Friday.

Donnycarney, the area of Dublin’s northside where Mr Haughey grew up and which he subsequently represented as a politician, will be central to the events.

Mr Haughey will repose at his home in Abbeville until Thursday morning, when his body will be removed to the mortuary chapel in the Church of Our Lady Consolation in Donnycarney. The removal, beginning at 11am, will be private.