The chairman of the Garda Siocháná Ombudsman Commission, Mr Justice Kevin Haugh, was laid to rest at Dean's Grange Cemetery this afternoon after a Requiem Mass in Donnybrook.
Mr Justice Haugh (64) died suddenly at his Dublin home on Thursday last.
He was appointed to the High Court in 2005 in anticipation of his appointment as the first chairman of the Ombudsman Commission.
Addressing the congregation, his son Bob remembered him as a "happy, gregarious, smiling person who was larger than life in every respect". He paid tribute to Mr Justice Haugh's "fantastic friends" who included High Court judge Mr Justice Paul Carney and senior counsels Hugh Hartnett and Ciarán Foley.
Mr Foley told mourners that Mr Justice Haugh was "a remarkable man who lived a remarkable life". He had a "brilliant mind" and was an incisive cross examiner. He had "an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law" and was "a proper gentleman", Mr Foley said
Hundreds of people packed into the Church of the Sacred Heart for the ceremony, including members of the judiciary, barristers, solicitors, gardaí and Courts Service staff. The Taoiseach was represented by his aide-de-camp Captain Michael Treacy.
More than 50 members of the judiciary attended the funeral, including the Chief Justice, Mr Justice John Murray; High Court president, Mr Justice Richard Johnson; and District Court president Judge Miriam Malone.
The Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern attended the funeral as did the Department of Justice secretary general Sean Aylward and the chief executive of the Courts Service, Brendan Ryan.
The Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy was among the mourners with his colleagues, assistant commissioner Noreen O'Sullivan and chief superintendent Brendan Cloonan.
Mr Justice Haugh is survived by his wife Annette, children Sarah, Bob and Geraldine, sisters Clodagh, Brenda and Evelyn and brother Maurice.
