VIDEO: Berkeley tragedy: Homecoming heartbreak as mourners pay respects

It was a homecoming without the embracing comforts that home promises.

VIDEO: Berkeley tragedy: Homecoming heartbreak as mourners pay respects
Mon, 22 Jun, 2015 - 01:00
Caroline O’Doherty

It was a reunion without the completeness that the gathering of family should bring.

The return to Ireland of four of the friends who died in Berkeley brought fresh tears, deepening heartache and the terrible realisation that soon they will have to be let go once more, this time to their final resting place.

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