Family mourn as man killed by teen gang laid to rest

TWO little sisters yesterday paid a tearful farewell to their dad who died at the hands of a brutal teenage gang in Limerick last Monday.

Pat Coleman’s daughters Oran, eight, and Kila, six, were at the graveside as the 33-year-old scaffolder was laid to rest in Mungret cemetery.

Fr Muiris O’Connor told mourners at Ballybrown church: “In the face of such a tragedy, the only appropriate response is silence and that is all we can do when death strikes tragically. In tragedy, God seems to be absent and the question we ask is why. Why did God