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| Lorna Carty: Funeral of Irish Tunisia attack victim held | Lorna Carty: Funeral of Irish Tunisia attack victim held |
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| Mourners at the funeral of one of the Irish victims of the Tunisia gun attack have heard tributes to her "goodness and kindness". | Mourners at the funeral of one of the Irish victims of the Tunisia gun attack have heard tributes to her "goodness and kindness". |
| Lorna Carty, who was in her 50s and from County Meath, was on holiday with her husband Declan when the attack happened on 26 June. | Lorna Carty, who was in her 50s and from County Meath, was on holiday with her husband Declan when the attack happened on 26 June. |
| The mother-of-two was among 38 people murdered at the beach resort of Sousse. | The mother-of-two was among 38 people murdered at the beach resort of Sousse. |
| Fr Noel Horneck said the community was in shock. | Fr Noel Horneck said the community was in shock. |
| "Friends, neighbours, colleagues, and the local GAA club here in Dunderry to which she was so committed, so often giving her nursing aid to players when injured - she was a club nurse - that's probably the best way of describing Lorna's involvement," he told the congregation at the Church of the Assumption in Robinstown. | "Friends, neighbours, colleagues, and the local GAA club here in Dunderry to which she was so committed, so often giving her nursing aid to players when injured - she was a club nurse - that's probably the best way of describing Lorna's involvement," he told the congregation at the Church of the Assumption in Robinstown. |
| "Her goodness and kindness will always be remembered and appreciated and spoken of." | "Her goodness and kindness will always be remembered and appreciated and spoken of." |
| Members of the Meath Senior GAA team and her local club formed a guard of honour as her remains were brought into the church. | Members of the Meath Senior GAA team and her local club formed a guard of honour as her remains were brought into the church. |
| Fr Horneck told her family: "Our mourning as friends, neighbours, colleagues, club and parish is nothing compared to your loss." | Fr Horneck told her family: "Our mourning as friends, neighbours, colleagues, club and parish is nothing compared to your loss." |
| Laurence (Larry) and Martina Hayes from County Westmeath were also killed in the attack. | Laurence (Larry) and Martina Hayes from County Westmeath were also killed in the attack. |
| Their funerals were held in Athlone on Friday, the same day as their only daughter Sinead's 30th birthday. | Their funerals were held in Athlone on Friday, the same day as their only daughter Sinead's 30th birthday. |
| Thirty Britons were murdered in the attack, and a minute's silence was held across the UK on Friday to remember the victims. | Thirty Britons were murdered in the attack, and a minute's silence was held across the UK on Friday to remember the victims. |
| The final five bodies of British victims killed in the Tunisia beach attack were being flown back to the UK on Saturday. | The final five bodies of British victims killed in the Tunisia beach attack were being flown back to the UK on Saturday. |
| Other victims included two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian national. | Other victims included two Germans, one Belgian, one Portuguese and one Russian national. |