Mourners bid farewell to 'compassionate and open' Fr Con Cronin at funeral mass

Fr Cronin lost his life in a tragic bus accident in Monkstown in recent days

Fr Tomás O'Connor of St Patrick's Missionary Society said Fr Con Cronin, who died in the tragic accident in Monkstown last Tuesday, will always be remembered as a man of the people whose life of service and quiet ministry touched many lives. Picture: Andy Gibson.

The last act of the priest who was killed in the Cork Harbour bus tragedy was to push his friend to safety - symbolic of how he lived a life for others, mourners at his funeral mass were told today.

Fr Tomás O'Connor of St Patrick's Missionary Society said Fr Con Cronin, who died in the tragic accident in Monkstown last Tuesday, will always be remembered as a man of the people whose life of service and quiet ministry touched many lives.