Austin Currie remembered for his ‘fearless, immense courage’ 

The coffin of civil rights leader Austin Currie is carried to his second funeral service at St Malachy’s Church in Edendork, Co Tyrone (Oliver McVeigh/PA)

Austin Currie has been remembered for his “fearless, immense courage” and as a giant of the civil rights movement.

A service was held at St Malachy’s Church in his native Edendork, Co Tyrone, on Saturday for the former SDLP and Fein Gael politician, following a ceremony in Co Kildare on Friday.