Radio star likely to be laid to rest before weekend

GERRY RYAN is likely to be laid to rest on Thursday and possibly in a private ceremony, a spokesman for his family said yesterday.

The late broadcaster’s wife, Morah, from whom he was separated, and his five children, were yesterday trying to put together arrangements for Mr Ryan’s funeral, which is likely to take place at St John the Baptist Church in his native Clontarf.

That is where the 2fm presenter married Morah and where his mother’s funeral service was held three years ago. Family spokeswoman Joanne Byrne said: “It is obviously a church that has significance for the family.”