Courtney McGrailDublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, currently in Rome for the Synod on the Family, called for prayers throughout the diocese for the Traveller families affected by the “heartbreaking” fire in Carrickmines.
Ten people, including children as young as six months, died in a fire at a Traveller site on Saturday morning. The parish priest of the Parish of the Travelling community, Fr Derek Farrell, who has been supporting the bereaved families, told RTÉ News, “The extended family, the Traveller community, which is very close-knit, and the wider community is feeling the enormity of this and the pain of it.”
