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Joint Funeral Taking Place Today For Berkeley Cousins

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07:30 20 Jun 2015


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A joint funeral service will take place in Berkeley, California this morning for two of six students who died tragically when a balcony collapsed last Tuesday.

The remains of the Irish victims are being flown home to Ireland over the weekend.

The funeral service will be held for 21 year old Olivia Burke and her Irish-American cousin, Ashley Donohoe in California.

Olivia's remains will be repatriated to Ireland tomorrow evening.

Later today, the bodies of the four other victims, Eoghan Culligan, Niccolai Schuster, Lorcán Miller and Eimear Walsh, will be flown home to Dublin with their families.

A late night vigil was held at a church in Berkeley last night, where grieving relatives were met with a guard of honour formed by J1 students.

In Dublin this evening, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will hold a special memorial Mass for the victims in the pro-cathedral.

And a minute's silence will be observed at all GAA inter-county matches this weekend as a mark of respect to those who died in the tragedy.


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