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THE FAMILY OF the late Anthony Foley has urged mourners to turn out early to say goodbye to the Munster icon tomorrow.
In a statement released this afternoon, organisers of Foley’s funeral said the public will have to arrive early due to the volume of people expected to attend.
The family said they didn’t anticipate the huge number of people who arrived in Killaloe, Clare, today.
Thousands lined the streets of today as they waited in line to view Foley’s coffin.
Rugby stars such as Keith Wood, Ireland coach Joe Schmidt and Andy Farrell were also present to pay their respects.
A statement from the family read this afternoon: “The crowds attending today are as vast as we could have anticipated and we are urging people to not to leave it late to travel to Killaloe this evening to pay their respects.
Anthony’s remains will be brought from St Flannan’s Church at 8:30pm for his family to spend the final, precious night with him.
“This will be at his family home which is private and only family members present. With people queuing for two hours and more this afternoon, we would urge sympathisers not to leave it late this evening to get to Killaloe.”
Plans
His funeral mass will be held tomorrow at midday at St Flannan’s Church with burial afterwards in Relig Lua.
Traffic plans have also been put into place to facilitate the thousands expected to arrive on Friday.
A Garda Síochána traffic plan is place throughout the afternoon, evening and into tomorrow. Stewards are also in place on approach routes to direct members of the public to park-and-ride and other parking facilities.
The spokesperson added:“Traffic approaching on the Tipperary side of the bridge for the funeral must park in designated car parks on that side of the bridge also. Killaloe remains open to local traffic but only for necessary journeys.”
“Two queues are formed at the church, one for people wishing to pay their respects to Anthony but a second, fast-tracked queue, for those who wish to meet Anthony’s family and haven’t done so already.”
Foley, 42, passed away in his hotel room in Paris last Sunday.
He is survived by his wife Olive and his two sons Tony and Daniel.
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Piece of shit coward. Sits in his car, shoots from his car, does a legger in his car and when he was low on fuel he pulls into a petrol station.
Happens every day in parts of America, and you don’t hear of it because the majority of them are black
Supernova – are you saying black people commit the most shootings or reports aren’t newsworthy because it’s a picture we’ve seen thousands of times?
Most of the victims are black actually but does the race matter? A crime is a crime is a crime.
This is being portrayed as a mad man shooting but it seems like more of a gangland style deal.
Drivebys happen a lot in the US. There were 733 in 2014 alone with 154 deaths.
Yeah but I’m saying if the individual was black I don’t think it would have been a big a news story I’m afraid. If a white man gets killed all hell breaks loose.
Hang on, are you saying when a black man gets killed all hell *doesn’t* break loose?
Have you been watching the news coming out of the states for the last year or so?
I dunno how this has gone international? what about all the drive bys that happen in Compton?
If it was in America this happened you would have quadruple the comments on this story.
…and blaming the NRA.
You’d have quadruple the comments if it was the US because it happens every other week in the US, often happens to kids, and it’s once in a blue moon in other countries. The last one in Germany was 2010, we’ve had a dozen HUGE ones in the US since then.
Perfectly fair game to blame the NRA since they are the second most powerful lobby group in the US, and oppose even moderate gun regulations like preventing civilians from owning military grade weapons, and preventing people from the terrorist watch list or the mentally ill buying guns. You’ll notice we, who have one of the top 5 most conservative gun regs in the world, have never had a mass shooting, and the UK has not had one since the 70s when it adopted very similar rules.
Saadi news but why is it being reported here? We have shootings all the time between rival gangs, does that make news in Germany or is there something more to this?
hopefully it was Enda and Angela
Idiot of the highest order!
Tis an ill wind that blows through Bad Windsheim this morning.
when will the killing end. we need to get rid of guns altogether.
No, don’t be ridiculous. Then Billy the Kid and the ‘Hole in the Ground Gang’, not to mention the most evil German of all time, Kaiser Wilhelm II, will have a free reign.
his getaway car low on fuel. not very Mr Brooks was he.
So so sad. This senseless violence needs to stop.
Kaiser Wilhelm II was quite a decent guy. Just a bit egotistical I suppose. Britain vilified him in the Great War for propaganda purposes, that’s all.
@Ashley Brown. He also must have thought of other’s welfare as well,, for he brought in the first European pension and welfare programs,albeit at the behest of Chancellor Otto Von Bismark, without which we might still be fighting for them even now.
—”Social programs in Germany began in the 1880s.
“In November 1881, at the direction of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm I, issued a decree stating, “those who are disabled from work by age and invalidity have a well-grounded claim to care from the state.”
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