'Unassuming’ John Bruton laid to rest in State funeral
Members of the defence forces carry the coffin after the state funeral of former taoiseach John Bruton, at St Peter and Paul's Church, Dunboyne, Co Meath.
Former Taoiseach John Bruton has been laid to rest in a State funeral in Co Meath, with tributes describing him as a statesman of “unshakable integrity”.
President Micheal D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Ministers, TDs and parliamentary ushers were among those who attended the service at Saints Peter and Paul's Church in Mr Bruton's hometown of Dunboyne, Co Meath.
