Hundreds of fans from all over the world lined the streets were the Boyzone singer grew up, as the procession made it's way towards St. Lawrence O'Toole's church. In an emotional service, Ronan Keating said:
"We will carry on but it will never be the same without him. Forever young and never forgotten. A man, a friend, a brother, a son a husband and a hero. I'm gonna really miss you brother. We love you and always will. And we know you have found peace. Perfect peace."
Among those attending were Westlife, Brian McFadden, Manager Louis Walsh, Jason Donovan and David Furnish.
Louis said:
"It's a fantastic feeling here today - we have to celebrate his life, he would absolutely love what was happening here today. He was always professional, he was so likeable. I wouldn't be where I was today if it wasn't for Boyzone. We're all in this together."
Wellwishers were asked to donate to the Caudwell Children Charity instead of sending flowers.
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COMMENTS (19)
Stephen Duffy? Was he there too? There's a blast from the past.....
"We will carry on but it will never be the same without him."
Read - We'll make fucking millions off this..
Yeah, just look at their faces! Pure avarice, they're clearly loving every minute.
P.S. You're a twat.
Well done with the P.S. no-one would have realised you were attempting sarcasm without it.
You fucking Bob Seger cunt.
You cast a real dark shadow over this site.
Take no notice. You are certainly growing on me.
unclebullshit....you should of seen the comments a few years ago before HM sold out....alot more near the knuckle then the one above
Yeah thanks for the info but I've been around here for years under various log-ins, so I'm well aware of that. I'm no fan of Gately or Boyzone but the tired and tediously inevitable rent-a-cynicism is fucking boring. I could write pages on this but the clueless saps on here will always be fucking clueless, so why bother? Acting like a kid on here is fair enough but actually thinking like one is just embarrassing, especially for people who like to see themselves as intelligent adults. Its not about respecting Gately's memory, its more about people thinking they're being sharp when they're just dumb as fuck.
When you were on here under different logins Unclebullshit, were you ever funny? Just trying to work out who from the past might have morphed into such a sanctimonious cunt.
Nobody then, nobody now.