RTE journalist Tommie Gorman remembered in Co Sligo
The married father-of-two died during the week at the age of 68 after being diagnosed with cancer in 1994.
Last updated 29th Jun 2024
Taoiseach Simon Harris and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill are among those who attended the funeral for veteran RTE journalist Tommie Gorman in Co Sligo.
The married father-of-two died during the week at the age of 68 after being diagnosed with cancer in 1994.
Players from Gorman's beloved team Sligo Rovers accompanied the cortege as it made its way to Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Ransboro ahead of the service.
Gorman, a Sligo native, worked at RTE for more than 40 years.
He was RTE's Europe editor before moving to Belfast in 2001 and was its northern editor when he retired in 2021.
Irish premier Simon Harris said people were "in a state of shock" after the news of Gorman's death emerged on Tuesday.
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins said that Gorman was "a trusted source of information for the public during challenging years, the fostering of peace, and all that was achieved in Anglo-Irish relations" in that time.
Apart from his political journalism, Gorman also famously interviewed Roy Keane after the footballer's row with manager Mick McCarthy at the Republic of Ireland team's Japan 2002 World Cup training camp on the island of Saipan.
Gorman also tracked down poet Seamus Heaney on a Greek island after he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The ceremony was at 2pm in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Ransboro.
He is survived by his wife Ceara Roche, his children Moya and Joe and his wider family.