Overview
- The funeral took place on Saturday, July 4, at St John the Baptist Church in Blackrock and he was buried at Dean's Grange cemetery, with hundreds of family, friends and senior politicians in attendance.
- Barry Andrews, his son and a Fianna Fáil MEP, delivered the eulogy and emphasised his father's integrity, devotion to family and pride in being one of four signatories to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.
- David Andrews served as a Fianna Fáil TD from 1965 to 2002 and held ministerial roles including foreign affairs, defence and the marine during a decades-long national career.
- He played a central role in Northern Ireland peace talks and was one of four signatories to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, a fact that featured prominently among the funeral tributes.
- Beyond politics, Andrews campaigned on miscarriages of justice, led humanitarian missions such as a 1992 visit to famine-hit Somalia, chaired the Irish Red Cross and is survived by his wife Annette, five children and nine grandchildren.