Mourners carry the coffin of former Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett at the Church of the Assumption in Dalkey, Co Dublin on Friday. He had seen more than his fair share of them over his 34 years as a Fine Gael TD, minister, government chief whip and ceann comhairle. Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Tánaiste Simon Harris at the funeral of Seán Barrett on Friday. [ Seán Barrett hopes to be remembered for being fairOpens in new window ]He was also “a kind and thoughtful neighbour. Former Fine Gael minister Nora Owen at the funeral of Seán Barrett in Dalkey, Co Dublin on Friday.

Source: The Irish Times April 11, 2026 07:07 UTC