Ireland poorer for playwright's death, mourners told

The extinction of playwright and columnist Hugh Leonard’s dazzling energy has left Ireland a poorer place, his funeral heard today.

Ireland poorer for playwright's death, mourners told

The extinction of playwright and columnist Hugh Leonard’s dazzling energy has left Ireland a poorer place, his funeral heard today.

Actors, theatre directors and politicians were among the mourners who filled the Church of the Assumption in Dalkey, Co Dublin, to bid a final farewell to the writer.

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