Munster pet helpline founder 'was comforting voice at other end of the phone' 

On Thursday, friends and volunteers formed a guard of honour for Elly O'Shea at the Island Crematorium, in Ringaskiddy, for a poignant service for the 'extraordinary' founder of Munster Lost and Found Pet Helpline

Friends and volunteers bring the remains of Elly (Lucy) O’Shea on her final journey, at the Island Crematorium in Ringaskiddy on Thursday. Picture: Larry Cummins

The funeral service of a woman who reunited thousands of missing animals with their owners heard her wishes were to have her ashes scattered with “those of her pets who had gone before her”.

Elly (Lucy) O’Shea, nee Vernon, from Carrigtwohill Co Cork, died on September 2 after a lengthy battle with a rare skin disease.