Carrickmines Fire: Prayers in Rome for victims of tragedy

Prayers will be said in Rome today for the victims of the Carrickmines tragedy as Travellers from Ireland and around the world gather for a meeting with Pope Francis.

The event is being held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a landmark meeting between Pope Paul IV and nomadic peoples in a campsite near the Vatican.

A message from the Pope to all the victims and bereaved of the fire was read at the funeral of five members of the Connors family yesterday as it was for the five members of the Gilbert and Lynch family on Tuesday.