{"id":12053,"date":"2020-01-07T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12053"},"modified":"2020-01-08T13:40:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:40:30","slug":"marian-finucane-laid-to-rest-in-county-kildare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=12053","title":{"rendered":"Marian Finucane Laid to Rest in County Kildare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The broadcaster died at the age of 69 (RTE\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>The funeral of broadcaster Marian Finucane has taken place in Co Kildare.<\/p>\n

The RTE broadcaster died last Thursday at the age of 69.<\/p>\n

Her funeral is taking place at St Brigid\u2019s Church in Kill before a private burial.<\/p>\n

Those attending the service included Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, as well as RTE colleagues and broadcasters Joe Duffy, Clare Byrne, Ryan Tubridy, Brendan O\u2019Connor, Miriam O\u2019Callaghan and RTE\u2019s Director General Dee Forbes.<\/p>\n

Government ministers including Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, and Minister for Communications Richard Bruton also attended.<\/p>\n

The chief celebrant of the mass Monsignor Ciaran O\u2019Carroll said the news of Finucane\u2019s death was a \u201cdreadful shock\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was such an icon of Irish broadcasting and will always be remembered for her outstanding journalistic abilities, her keen intellect, warmth, wit, thoughtfulness, compassion and kindness,\u201d he said during the service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe influence of Marian was significant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe contribution Marian made to advancing and shaping our nation and its peoples through her professional work as a courageous broadcaster, and her determination to facilitate conversation without fear or favor, was repeatedly and wonderfully captured in countless public tributes paid over recent days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also come here this morning to offer our sympathy and express our solidarity with all the members of her family \u2013 especially her husband John, her son Jack, her daughter-in-law Jenny, her sisters, brothers, in-laws, family members, relatives, colleagues and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thousands always enjoyed her programs and she will be missed on the radio. Publicly the nation has lost a skilled broadcaster.<\/p>\n

He added that the nation has lost a \u201cskilled broadcaster\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had great empathy and sense of fairness and treated everyone with courtesy and respect,\u201d Monsignor O\u2019Carroll added.<\/p>\n

\u201cA generous and determined woman, and a thoughtful and kind friend whose keen sense of humor enriched the lives of many, her charity work at home and abroad was simply outstanding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThousands always enjoyed her programs and she will be missed on the radio. Publicly the nation has lost a skilled broadcaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrivately John has lost a soul partner, Jack a loving mother and Jenny a cherished mother-in-law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great, exuberant joy shared by our family and friends but a few short months ago at Jack and Jenny\u2019s wedding contrasts now with the sorrow and sadness we experience this day of Marian\u2019s funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the broadcaster was blessed with an \u201cindomitable spirit\u201d which she had to call on often in her full, dynamic and fruitful life.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlessed with energy and dynamism, determined and persistent, she had boundless curiosity about life and the world,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout her eventful life she was privileged to experience many changes and received the grace to confront various, sometimes demanding, challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had to carry the cross of bereavement with the death of her beloved daughter Sinead \u2013 a bereavement she bore with tremendous dignity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the face of Sinead\u2019s death, Marian mobilized all of her formidable strengths and skills by dedicating a whole chapter of her life to supporting the hospice movement at home and establish a hospice charity in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough her various popular programs Marian became a presence in thousands of homes each week, as listenership figures consistently revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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