Irish MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has been bereaved by the death of his father Luke, a man he has previously described as “a hard-working man all his days”.
Luke Senior, or ‘Lukey Joe’ as he was fondly known in his native Castlerea, Co Roscommon, passed away Tuesday at University Hospital Galway, surrounded by his loving family.
He will be laid to rest on Friday in Castlerea Cemetery following Requiem Mass at 11am in the local St Patrick’s Church.