Overview
- The requiem mass at Our Lady of Lourdes in Ballinlough drew hundreds, with injured husband Brian Gallagher serving as a pallbearer before burial at St Michael’s Cemetery in Blackrock.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin was represented at the funeral by his Aide-de-Camp, Commandant Joe Glennon.
- Stella Gallagher, 59, died at Cork University Hospital after she and her husband were stabbed near their Shrewsbury Downs home on 17 November.
- Eulogies from family and clergy described her as a generous retired chemical engineer active in gardening, baking and the SHEP choir, noting the shock felt in the community.
- Their son, David Gallagher, 25, is charged with murder and with assault causing harm to his father, remains remanded in custody, and is due to appear by video link at Cork District Court on Wednesday.