ATTENDEES:THE CHIEF mourners at the funeral Mass were Dr Hillery's wife, Maeve, son John, daughter- in-law Carolyn, grandchildren Sarah Jane, Patrick, Michael and David, sister-in-law Angela, and brothers-in-law Bill and David.
Also present was his nephew, former TD and senator Dr Brian Hillery.
President Mary McAleese, her husband Dr Martin McAleese, and Chief Justice Mr Justice John Murray were also there.
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Tánaiste Brian Cowen attended, as were Minister for Health Mary Harney; Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern; Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan; Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Séamus Brennan; Minister for Social and Family Affairs Martin Cullen; Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív;
Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan; Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin; Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea; Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin; Minister for Transport and the Marine Noel Dempsey;
Minister for the Environment John Gormley; Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Éamon Ryan; and Government Chief Whip Tom Kitt.
Leas Cheann Comhairle Brendan Howlin, representing Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue, cathaoirleach of the Seanad Pat Moylan, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore and Sinn Féin Dáil leader Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin were there, as was Lord Mayor of Dublin Paddy Burke.
Former taoisigh Albert Reynolds and Garret FitzGerald, as well as Deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive Martin McGuinness, and Alasdair McDonnell MLA of the SDLP, also attended.
Others present included Army Chief of Staff Lieut Gen Dermot Earley; Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy; secretary general to the Department of the Taoiseach Dermot McCarthy; British ambassador David Reddaway; American ambassador Thomas C Foley;
Former tánaiste and Labour leader Dick Spring; former EU commissioner Pádraig Flynn; former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes; former ministers Paddy Lalor, Gerard Collins, Des O'Malley, Michael O'Kennedy, David Andrews, Noel Davern, Tom O'Donnell and Peter Barry; former Ceann Comhairle Séamus Pattison and former minister of state Seán Calleary.
Ministers of State present included Dr Jimmy Devins, Máire Hoctor, Conor Lenihan, Michael Ahern, Brendan Smith, Mary Wallace, Tony Killeen, Michael Kitt, John McGuinness, Pat Carey, Trevor Sargent, Dick Roche, Billy Kelleher, Seán Haughey, Noel Ahern, Seán Power and Batt O'Keeffe.
Among the TDs there were Bobby Aylward, Mary White, Rory O'Hanlon, Margaret Conlon, Timmy Dooley, Joe Carey, Noel O'Flynn, Michael Moynihan, Simon Coveney, Christy O'Sullivan, Joe McHugh, John Curran, Michael Kennedy;
Dr James Reilly, Finian McGrath, Terence Flanagan, Seán Ardagh, Michael Mulcahy, Charlie O'Connor, Joan Burton, Seán Barrett, Noel Treacy, Bernard Durkan, Seán Ó Fearghail, Olwyn Enright, John Moloney, Peter Power, Niall Collins, John Cregan;
Mary O'Rourke, Beverley Flynn, Thomas Byrne, Johnny Brady, Damien English, Michael Finneran, Eamon Scanlon, Mattie McGrath, Martin Mansergh, Brian O'Shea, Brendan Kenneally, Seán Connick, Paul Kehoe, Joe Behan and Liz McManus.
Senators who attended included Donie Cassidy, Paddy Burke, Paul Coghlan, Mary White, Fiona O'Malley, Ronan Mullen, Brian Ó Dómhnaill, Deirdre de Búrca, Feargal Quinn, Mark Daly;
Dan Boyle, Martin Brady, Larry Butler, Marc MacSharry, Dominic Hannigan, Michael McCarthy, Frances Fitzgerald, Maurice Cummins, Ned O'Sullivan, Eugene Regan, John Carty, Geraldine Feeney and Jim Walsh.
The Irish Timeswas represented by the Editor, Geraldine Kennedy.
Also there were Ictu general secretary David Begg; Fianna Fáil general secretary Seán Dorgan; Nick Robinson, husband of former president Mary Robinson; captain of the guard in Leinster House John Flaherty; solicitor Enda Marren and public relations consultant and former adviser to the Taoiseach Jackie Gallagher.
A large Clare contingent, which included former TDs for the county Madeleine Taylor-Quinn and James Breen, was led by mayor Patricia McCarthy.
