'A remarkable woman': Tributes paid as mother and baby home survivor Rosie McKinney laid to rest

'A remarkable woman': Tributes paid as mother and baby home survivor Rosie McKinney laid to rest

Rosie McKinney's daughter, Mags, centre, with Maureen Sulliven, left ,the youngest Magdalene survivor, and Joe Costello at the funeral of Rosie McKinney. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins 

The funeral Mass of one of the oldest survivors and campaigners for justice for the Tuam mother and baby home has heard she was “never broken by her life experiences”.

Rosaleen (Rosie) McKinney, nee Furey, 86, was laid to rest on Monday morning, following her requiem Mass at Christ the King Church in Cabra, north Dublin.

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