Berkeley tragedy: ‘They lived, laughed, loved, and left’

Students are the beating heart of a university, mourners who gathered at University College Dublin to remember the victims of the Berkeley tragedy heard.

They were kept at the centre of the memorial service in the college church yesterday as staff stressed how much they were valued and how deeply their pain was shared.

Bairbre Redmond, dean of undergraduate studies at the university, said it was a privilege to teach the students and help prepare them for life.