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Irish Mirror
National
Nicola Donnelly

Funeral of man who died on Christmas Eve after a horror hammer attack hears he "was a very good person to so many people"

The funeral of a businessman who died on Christmas Eve following a horror hammer attack has heard he was “the salt of the earth, a generous man who was well liked and always joking with people.”

Brian Reynolds, 47, was also remembered for his storytelling which always finished with him laughing - and everyone else around him laughing as well.

Brian, of Rathmullen Park in Drogheda, Co Louth died on Christmas Eve in hospital three days after a gang of up to four men burst into his home and subjected him to a horror attack involving hammers.

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