VIDEO - PARIS ATTACKS: Cork stands in solidarity with people of France following terror attacks

They stood in silence, their heads bowed, clasping flickering candles — all lost in their own thoughts but all unified in solidarity with the people of France.

Dozens of French citizens, either working or studying in Cork, were among the hundreds who gathered last night in the centre of a city with French connections that date back centuries.

Organised by Alliance Française de Cork, one of the country’s oldest French-language and cultural centres, it was hoped the vigil would send a powerful message of support to those affected.