Murder victim’s ‘sense of fun and mimicry’ recalled

Mourners at the funeral mass of murder victim Tom O’Gorman heard the lay Catholic activist had been taken “all too quickly and all too cruelly”.

The peaceful atmosphere that filled the church in Castleknock regularly frequented by the 39-year-old Dubliner stood in contrast to the circumstances of his death.

Two bishops and 22 priests participated in the ceremony for the late journalist and researcher with the lay Catholic organisation, the Iona Institute.