VIDEO: Karen Buckley Funeral: ‘Caring nurse whose smile would light up the ward’

Karen Buckley was simply described at her requiem Mass as the woman with “a smile to lift a thousand frowns”.

During the service, her brother, Kieran, brought up Karen’s nursing uniform while her cousin, Padraig Hurley, described how she was known for being “a kind and caring nurse whose smile would light up the ward”. Karen graduated as a nurse in 2014.

Another of her brothers, Damien, brought up Karen’s favourite dress, which she had worn to her brother Brendan’s wedding.