'Devastated' family remember 'wise and witty' Ruth Morrissey as a woman who helped others

'Devastated' family remember 'wise and witty' Ruth Morrissey as a woman who helped others
The coffin of Ruth Morrissey arrives at Mary Magdalene Church, Monaleen, Limerick for Requiem Mass. Ms Morrissey passed away on Sunday at Milford Hospice following a long battle with cancer. Picture: Liam Burke/Press 22

CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey was remembered as wise, witty, and a “natural mother” who had “lived her truth” and reached out to help others, at her funeral Mass today.

In an emotional tribute, Ruth Morrissey’s heartbroken husband, Paul, told the small gathering of family and friends in Mary Magdalene Church in Monaleen, Limerick, that he and their daughter, Libby, may never recover from losing her.

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