TV icon Derek Davis' ‘Wonderful World’ recalled with love

The Derek Davis remembered at his funeral service in Dublin was a big man in so many other ways than the obvious.

Family and friends spoke with tears and laughter of the former RTÉ presenter’s big heart, his huge zest for life, and his capacity for humour that defied dimensions.

His son, Colm, the middle of his three boys, recalled how his dad, famed for culinary prowess that far exceeded that of his beloved wife, Una, had given her a cookery book as a wedding present with the inscription: “To Una, with hope.”