VIDEO: Karen Buckley Funeral: ‘We pray Karen has reached final destination with God’

Karen’s parents John and Marian, and brothers Brendan, Kieran, and Damien sat in silent contemplation as Fr Joe O’Keeffe paid a moving tribute to their loss.

The parish priest read from the Book of Ecclesiastes, which speaks of “a time to be born, a time to die”.

“Karen’s death seems so utterly inappropriate. It violates our sense of order. In our view of life, death and childhood are poles apart, and 24 years simply does not seem the right time to die.”