Catherine Fegan

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Catherine Fegan

‘Today is a day for recovering the dignity of Michael Gaine’: Kenmare unites in mourning for beloved farmer who loved music and animals Michael Gaine remembered as ‘caring’ and ‘proud Kerry man’ at his funeral massThe widow’s walk, a sombre procession that followed behind the ashes of her murdered husband, signalled the beginning of the end. Ashen-faced and trembling, Janice Gaine edged slowly into the church, a photo of her beloved Mike held tight to her chest.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Catherine Fegan

‘It’s not over, we all know that’ – Kenmare’s rallying call for the memory of Mike GaineMike Gaine: friends and family prepare for the final goodbyeToday, as his old Ford Escort Mk2 zips along the streets of Kenmare, Mike Gaine will make his final journey home. While the Kerry town comes to a standstill, his beloved rally car, restored to its former glory by some of his closest friends, will ferry his ashes through the streets, to the home he grew up in and onwards to his private resting place.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Catherine Fegan

Mr Gaine was cremated earlier this week, with his ashes reposing between 2pm and 7pm at Finnegan’s funeral parlour. Queues of mourners, waiting to pay their respects to the 56-year-old farmer, began forming at 1.30pm. The line eventually stretched back to the town centre, with mourners standing in the rain as they waited. Mr Gaine’s wife Janice was driven to the door of the funeral home shortly before 2pm. She was led in through the door under a sea of umbrellas.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Ken Foy |Catherine Fegan

breaking | Michael Gaine murder suspect makes complaint to Garda Ombudsman over treatment by gardaiMike Gaine and former US Marine Michael KelleyKen Foy and Catherine FeganToday at 18:25The chief suspect for the murder of Kerry farmer Michael Gaine has made a formal complaint to Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, about how he was treated by gardai, the Irish Independent can reveal.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Catherine Fegan |Sinead Kelleher

‘It’s a testament to the people who loved him’ – friends restore murdered farmer Mike Gaine’s rally car to take his ashes on final lap after funeralA group of friends have restored Mike Gaine's old rally car ahead of his funeral on SaturdayCatherine Fegan and Sinead KelleherToday at 03:30Friends of murdered farmer Mike Gaine have vowed to give him a “proper send-off” after preparing his old rally car for a procession around Kenmare after his funeral tomorrow.