Pensioner who foiled attempted robbery at Cork bookmakers laid to rest

"Denis is a total hero. When I saw him taking one of them on he totally inspired me."

Denis O'Connor outside the Bar One Racing bookmakers in Glanmire in 2018. In September that year, he broke up an attempted robbery there.

A pensioner who garnered international headlines when he fought off raiders in a bookies shop in Cork city has been laid to rest today.

Mourners who engaged in social distancing lined the route as the hearse containing the remains of Denis O’Connor passed his son's pub to go to his native Kiskeam for his funeral.