Overview
- Roy Keane fought back tears as he delivered a eulogy for his mother at a requiem mass in Cork.
- He described Marie as "cool, kind and caring" and said the loss felt like "the heart being ripped out of our chest."
- The mass took place at the Church of the Resurrection in Farranree with Fr Seán O’Sullivan leading the service.
- Hundreds attended as messages of sympathy arrived from football figures such as David Beckham, Gary and Phil Neville, Jamie Carragher and Robbie Keane.
- Marie Keane, 79, died after a long illness in Marymount University Hospital in Cork, and her son had recently shared a photo captioned "You’ll always be the boss."