Fanning had ‘courage in exposing corruption’

THE late editor of the Sunday Independent Aengus Fanning was remembered yesterday as a newspaperman who had showed courage in exposing the hidden evils of Irish society.

At his funeral Mass in St Joseph’s Church in Glasthule, Co Dublin, a large congregation, including leading Irish media figures, heard their late colleague described as a man whose motto was “the truth must be told”.

Local priest Fr Denis Kennedy described his late friend as a strong man whose death had devastated his family.