State funeral for former taoiseach takes place at 11am on Saturday in Dunboyne, Co Meath
Dozens gather along streets of Dunboyne to pay tribute to ‘fatherlike’ John BrutonJohn Bruton was more complex than his ‘nice, straightforward, violently anti-IRA’ reputation suggests
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee was among those who gathered in Dunboyne on Friday evening to pay her respects, along with her Government colleagues Heather Humphreys, Damien English, Catherine Martin, Thomas Byrne and Francis Noel Duffy. Also in attendance were European commissioner Mairéad McGuinness; former Labour Party politician and member of Bruton’s Rainbow Coalition Proinsias De Rossa, former Fine Gael minister Nora Owen and former GAA football manager for Meath Seán Boylan.
Local photographer Emer Sherlock who helped organise the guard of honour along the Summerhill Road said Mr Bruton would be remembered as a “fatherlike figure in Dunboyne”. “He will be remembered as a statesman, amplifying Ireland in the EU and the US, which we are extremely proud of, whilst never forgetting his local heritage and community.”
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