Tributes paid at funeral of a ‘true giant of civil rights’ Austin Currie

“There have been so many tributes paid since Tuesday – the finest, fearless, immense courage, a true giant of civil rights and constitutional politics, one of its founding fathers."

The coffin of Austin Currie is carried into the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Allenwood, Co. Kildare, for Requiem Mass (Brian Lawless/PA)

The funeral of Austin Currie has been told he was a “true giant of civil rights”.

President Michael D Higgins, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney, Justice Minister Helen McEntee, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and a representative of the Taoiseach Micheál Martin were among those who attended the service at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Allenwood, Co Kildare.