Peter Barry funeral to be attended by President and Taoiseach

The President and Taoiseach will join hundreds of mourners at today’s funeral Mass for former tánaiste Peter Barry.
Peter Barry funeral to be attended by President and Taoiseach

Michael D Higgins and Enda Kenny led tributes to the former deputy leader of Fine Gael and key architect of the 1985 Anglo Irish Agreement, following his death in Cork’s Marymount Hospice on Friday, after a short illness. He was 88.

A large crowd of mourners, led by his children, Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune, Tony, Fiona, Donagh, Conor, and Peter, attended his removal from O’Connor’s funeral home on Boreenmanna Rd on Saturday.

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