Tony O’Reilly a man of great ambition and loyalty who cherished loved ones, funeral hears

Service for rugby player turned businessman attended by former U2 manager as well as sporting and political figures including TánaisteTony O'Reilly's children, Cameron, Justine, Gavin, Tony, Caroline and Susan, look on as his coffin is carried from the church in Donnybrook, Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collinswas a man of ambition but great loyalty, who cherished his family and many friends, his funeral in Dublin was told on Thursday.

From Nicola Coughlan’s hunks in landscaped gardens to Cillian Murphy’s gripping gangster romp: Patrick Freyne’s costume drama guideNo matter what anyone says about Tony O’Reilly’s motivations, he knew how to live a full life He spoke of his public displays of generosity but also the more personal interest he took in people and the “private gestures that defined him”.Gavin recalled his father as has having less well known sides to him, “a collector of art, a voracious reader, particularly of history. Politicians interested him but, surprisingly, not politics”.

Their Dublin home, he recalled fondly, was “a madhouse” and their mother, Susan, “pretty much had to bring us single handed as Dad wasn’t great around the house”. Fr Bradley remembered O’Reilly turning up to watch one of the school’s under-15 teams train one wet weekend evening, then offering lifts home for the first few to emerge afterwards.

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