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THE FUNERAL OF former RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman will take place in Co Sligo on Saturday.
The broadcaster spent more than 40 years working in the industry, covering developments in the north, in Europe and in his native north-west.
It was announced yesterday that he died surrounded by his family at the age of 68.
A Book of Condolence opened at the Mansion House in Dublin today and will be available to sign from 11am to 4pm until Friday.
It is also available to sign online.
Tommie Gorman’s funeral mass will take place at 2pm on Saturday in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Ransboro, Co. Sligo, with burial afterwards in Kilmacowen Cemetery, Sligo.
His family have asked that donations in lieu of flowers be made to the Sligo Rovers Development Fund.
The club added that his “love and passion for Sligo Rovers shone throughout his whole life” and noted that Tommie’s first byline was for The Sligo Champion on a match report of a Sligo Rovers game in the 1970s.
Tommie joined the club’s management committee in 2012, which coincided with Sligo Rovers winning the league for the first time in 35 years.
Sligo Rovers chairman Tommy Higgins said Tommie was one of the club’s “greatest champions” and that his contribution to the club will live on.
Tommie Gorman’s family have also welcomed people to send memories and stories about the former broadcaster to tommiegormanstories@gmail.com, which is an email managed by his children.
President Michael D Higgins yesterday paid tribute to Tommie Gorman as a “widely trusted and deeply insightful” commentator during his time in journalism.
RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst said he was “deeply saddened” by Tommie’s sudden passing and noted that he met with Tommie on Monday evening.
“He was in good form and optimistic ahead of planned surgery this week,” Bakhurst said.
Taoiseach Simon Harris also paid tribute to Tommie as someone who had made an “incredible contribution not just to broadcasting, but indeed to peace on this island” thanks to his work covering the development of Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement.
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@Peter Igloo: Gas, always thought that myself
@I’m a robot Robot: Very well said,nothing ever said about the mugshots that the Gardai released.
The Journalists here need to look up the meaning in the dictionary of what it means to be a journalist,they are nothing but an extreme left propaganda machine.
@I’m a robot Robot:
The one thing I noticed about that article was how quickly the attack that sparked the riots was skipped over. Barely a mention of it. One of the little girls attacked isn’t that long out of hospital and has life changing injuries.
An absolute bullshit article about “white supremacists”, as you say plenty of non-whites joined in the looting that night.
@martin lawlor: extreme left propaganda machine? You need to grow up you absolute manchild.
Can you imagine what they will cook up between them given the history of failure and focus on silly stuff like mobile phone pockets in the past.
@Mr “JonnieBoy” Johnson: Irrelevant, they are in a position to form a government, and that’s what people voted for, whether it’s to your liking or not, there’s nothing any of us can do.
Harris is a man badly in need of a joint, might loosen him up a bit
@J B: both priceless and v funny
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: Leo was obviously at him lol
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: You’re dead right people saying cannabis drives you nuts cannabis does this cannabis does that. In my experience cannabis has seriously helped my medical conditions. Sad that I would be prescribed medical cannabis in the morning in a country where it’s legal but it’s still treated like heroin here. Please people do your own research on cannabis because the lies the government spreads is absolutely ridiculous and many medical professionals have agreed with me on this point. It helps so many people. It’s just another medication with positive and negative effects and there’s no reason it should be illegal considering it’s literally safer than alcohol and tobacco (search it up).
Totally correct photo of harris there, Mr. Muscle always on his phone. Dim phucker
@den: And yet got elected on the first count. It must eat you up that your opinion is worthless.
@J B: level 21.
Well at the end of the day Michael lowery will decide who the future government will be, its always great to have friends in low places Michael and Simon
When I see MM with his scrunched up face and those claws he call fingers he looks more like Lord Voldemort every time.
@Gerry Lamont: And he’s Toaiseach again and for longer, largest party too. Democracy baby don’t you just love it…..
Waiting for the swarm , but but but but….the electorate have chosen
@Paul O’Mahoney: Servile gimp, keep repeating your mantra like a good little simp.
@Freda Peeple: He sure is an awful goal, that’s for certain!
@Brian Hunt: “an awful goal”
@Freda Peeple: It’s not a mantra, it’s just facts. FF and FG will be the 2 main partners in the new Government. And childish name calling isn’t going to change that. Better get on with life if you can.
@Brian Hunt: ” Gowl ” ? The key to childish insults is getting the spelling correct as incorrect spelling nullifies the effect. You can name call all you wish, but the reality is FF and FG will form a government time to move on.
We will have to go back to the polls soon, all we’ve had so far is a near coalition, put together by a criminal
@MN: The formation of a government is the right of the elected TDs, and it’s part of our constitution. Whoever is part of that government or whoever supports that government is perfectly legal . It wouldn’t be the first time we had a government supported by dodgy people, Neil Blaney, for example, propped up FF in the 80s, Haughey got elected for decades and formed governments.
Whether people agree with the new government or not the electorate has chosen those who will form a new government. Those are the facts .
As for cannabis, they need to respect the Citizen’s Assembly outcome, how does Harris not get that, he’s a populist, nothing more and that makes him stu*id and dangerous!
“acorn savings account”, have you ever heard such , it was said to buy votes, fair enough, politicians can be safely considered liars but to stick with it now is just compounding stupidity
@Chutes: Shamrock Savings Scheme, ☘️ matures into the four leaf Clover after 5 years, the luck of the Irish………we are so lucky to have such wonderful leaders (Larry leprechauns)
@Chutes: From small Acorns do big fibs grow.
Danny Healy-Rae for agriculture. Lowry for justice.
“the next government will put infrastructure delivery under the spotlight, stating that no excuses for delays will be tolerated.”… we wait and see, I don’t think anything will happen, I think we’re incapable as a people, hopefully I’m proved wrong.
We don’t care as it doesn’t matter. The country is inefficiently run by our hopeless and corrupt “civil service:.
2 ends of the same c u n …t
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