Community mourns at requiem for Curragh couple

TEARS flowed freely among mourners yesterday at the funeral mass of the young Kildare couple killed tragically in a house fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Seven-year-old Devon Martin sobbed quietly as he followed the coffin of his father Darren Hanly out of the St Brigid’s Church in the Curragh Camp.

The little boy was comforted by relatives as he looked on in bewilderment at two hearses parked outside the church. Fighting back the tears, Devon placed two red roses at the back of his father’s hearse, which was already adorned with wreaths forming the words “Dad” and “Brother”.