He's a class act, this lad from Wicklow.
It is the second day of the funerals for the victims of the Berkeley tragedy in Ireland, following masses for both Eimear Walsh and Eoghan Culligan yesterday.
21-year-old Olivia Burke was one of six young students killed in the tragic balcony collapse last week.
Friends and relatives brought symbols that represented Olivia to the mass; a Loreto College journal to symbolise her time at her secondary school, a photo of Olivia and her dog King Charles Spaniel Skipper, a Ted Baker bag to symbolise her love of fashion and a throw that was gifted to Olivia for her 21st Birthday, imprinted on which was her life in photographs.
Due to Olivia being a massive Hozier fan, the man himself has attended her funeral, and plans to perform a recessional hymn in her honour during the mass.
Hozier, who Olivia Burke was a fan of, is among mourners at Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Foxrock. He'll play recessional hymn.
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) June 24, 2015
Fr. Frank Herron told the Independent how the community of Foxrock have reached out to one another in the past week.
Last Tuesday evening at about 9 o’clock, the bells of our church tolled out the sad news of the tragic death of Olivia and Emer, two of our young parishioners as well as their 4 friends,
he said.
We threw open the doors of our church and because of the constant stream of people, they have not closed before midnight since then. The thought of 6 young people dying so far away in such circumstances and the thought of their parents and siblings having to make the long journey to bring them back home has pained us all.
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