The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, the Minister for Health, Mr Micheal Martin, and the secretary of the Department of Health, Mr Michael Kelly, were among hundreds of mourners who attended the funeral yesterday of Ms Gobnait O'Connell, in the Church of the Presentation of Our Lady at Derrinagree, near Millstreet, Co Cork.
Ms O'Connell(38) who was a special adviser to the Minister for Health, was killed in a road accident between Enfield and Kinnegad, Co Meath, last Wednesday.