'Con's heart was open to all': Tributes to much-loved priest killed in Cork bus tragedy

Parish priest, Fr Sean O’Sullivan, said he woke today with one of Fr Con's favourite sayings in his mind: “Gratitude is the memory of the heart”

Chair of the parish assembly, Eamonn Downey, described Fr Con Cronin (pictured) as a “fabulous rogue”.

Warm tributes have been pouring in for the much-loved priest who was killed in a bus tragedy in Cork’s lower harbour.

Fr Con Cronin, 72, the curate of Passage West, has been described as a priest for all, a larger-than-life character who was a treasured member of the community he served and loved.