Mourners told of ‘cruel darkness’ at funeral

SHANE CLANCY was finally laid to rest yesterday, with mourners at his funeral told of the “cruel darkness” which led to his tragic death and that of Sebastian Creane last weekend.

The life of the 22-year-old Trinity College student was remembered and praised during yesterday’s funeral Mass at the Church of the Assumption in Dalkey, where there were also words of commemoration for the other victims of last Sunday’s tragedy in a house in Bray.

Addressing the huge congregation, which saw people standing along the side walls and packed into the rear of the Church, Fr John McDonagh said last weekend’s events were shocking and a “savage tragedy”.