Hundreds watch online as mourners bid farewell to songwriter Shay Healy ‘Wild flowers for the wild child’ laid on coffin of veteran RTÉ presenter who died aged 78
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“Wild flowers for the wild child” were laid on the wicker coffin of Shay Healy as the songwriter was laid to rest on Tuesday following his death at the age of 78.
Almost 1,000 people watched online as a small number of family and friends gathered in the Victorian Chapel in Mount Jerome, Harold’s Cross in Dublin, in line with coronavirus funeral restrictions.
The Eurovision-winning songwriter and veteran RTÉ presenter died last Friday at St Vincent’s hospital after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.