The funeral has taken place of Patrick Logan, the 81-year-old County Meath farmer who died after he was beaten by raiders at his home on Monday afternoon. Local parish priest, Fr Paddy Dillon, described Mr Logan as a generous and much-loved member of the community. Paddy Logan died from a heart attack, after he was beaten by raiders who robbed him of just £45 on Monday afternoon.
He was buried this morning after funeral mass at his local church in Castlejordan. At the removal service last night, mourners stood to applaud the presence of Mr Logan's 83-year-old brother Peter, who survived the attack. He had been discharged from hospital for the funeral.
Fr Dillon appealed to young people to rebuild what he described as the Ireland of the 1950s, the safe place Paddy Logan would have known. Gardaí are continuing to appeal for information on the attack, which took place on Monday afternoon at the brothers' remote farmhouse at Castlejordan, on the Meath-Offaly border.
