Funeral of Threshold founder Fr O’Mahony to take place today

THE funeral will take place today of the founder of Threshold, the country’s main non-profit housing advisory organisation.

Fr Donal O’Mahony, the Corkman who founded the organisation in 1978 after being appointed chaplain to Dublin’s flat-dwellers, was also internationally respected as a human rights advocate and peace activist.

Aideen Hayden, chairperson of Threshold, yesterday led tributes to the late Fr O’Mahony, a member of the Capuchin Franciscan Order.