John Hume made us 'laugh, dream and think' - John Hume Jnr

'A Derryman to his core.' In remarks delivered at the funeral mass for his father, John Hume Jnr spoke of the difficult task summing up his dad's life

John Hume Junior speaks at the funeral of his father Picture: Stephen Latimer/PA Wire

Summing up our Dad’s life in a few minutes is not an easy task.

For a man who supposedly had only one single transferable speech, Dad did a lot of different things in his life.