A grizzled old punk with purple hair sat next to the Irish president, Johnny Depp and Gerry Adams – Shane MacGowan would have been proud.
The small town of Nenagh in Co Tipperary had never witnessed anything quite like it, as the great and the good of both the political and music worlds gathered to say goodbye to the Pogues singer on Friday. Hundreds more crowded outside St Mary of the Rosary Church, lining the streets to pay their respects.
