Boys’ ‘truly tragic’ death mourned in US and Ireland

Almost 600 mourners gathered in Brooklyn yesterday for the funeral Mass of the two young sons of Donegal man Damien Moore who were swept away by flood waters during Superstorm Sandy last week.

Connor, 4, and Brandon Moore, 2, shared a large white coffin which was brought into and out of the St Rose of Lima church in Midwood Park by six of Mr Moore’s co-workers at the New York department of sanitation (NYDS).

More than 200 employees of the department attended, with a guard of honour formed across from the steps of the church on Parkville Avenue as three bagpipers played.