The funeral has taken place of the journalist and broadcaster Deirdre Purcell in Dublin
The best-selling author passed away suddenly on Monday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in Co Louth at the age of 77.
He also told the funeral that his"unopened Valentine card to her, states on the front, life is such an adventure with you by my side" and he said"Deirdre’s friends will know just how true that statement is"."She was the glue that kept our little family together and we are now cast adrift and we are bereft," he said.
Mr Weckler said people have used words in recent days like"generous, loyal, creative and fun" to describe her. Amid laughter from mourners, he told how his mother once"outfitted the house with an odd looking carpet because, as she told us, she just couldn't resist the carpet shop's name; Lino Ritchie".
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