A crowd of over 2,000 people have paid their final respects to the Athlone couple who were killed in last Friday's terrorist attack in Tunisia.
The remains of Larry and Martina Hayes were this evening brought from the funeral home at the Strand in Athlone to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
A group of more than 30 Bus Éireann drivers and inspectors, who were colleagues of Mr Hayes, marched in front of the funeral cortege.
Representatives of the Order of Malta, of which the Hayes's daughter Sinéad had been a member, also accompanied the remains.
A requiem mass will be held at 11am tomorrow, followed by burial afterwards in Coosan Cemetery.
Mother-of-two Lorna Carty from Co Meath was also killed in the incident.
She was on holiday in the popular beach resort of Sousse with her husband Declan when the attack happened.
Ms Carty will be buried on Saturday following her funeral mass in the Church of the Assumption in Robinstown.
She is survived by her husband and two children, Simon and Hazel, her parents Johnny and Amy, sister Ruth and brothers Jim, Brian and Ronan.
Last Friday's terror attack in Sousse left 38 people dead.
30 British victims of Sousse attack identified
The British foreign secretary has announced all 30 British nationals killed in the Sousse attack have been positively identified by police.
Philip Hammond said: "We now have all 30 British victims positively identified and we can say with a high degree of confidence that is now the final death toll of British nationals killed in this incident."
A minute of silence will be held across the UK tomorrow at noon, in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the attack.
Meanwhile, eight people with direct links to carrying out of the attack, including a woman, have been arrested, Kamel Jendoubi, the minister in charge of government relations with civil society, told a press conference.
"The whole of the network behind the operation has been uncovered," he said, without specifying whether more arrests would be made.
Friday's attack was carried out by a 23-year-old student, Seifeddine Rezgui. It has been claimed by the so-called Islamic State group.
Mr Jendoubi said ten British investigators are working as part of the investigation.
After the attack the government pledged to boost security around hotels, beaches and attractions.
"We have deployed 1,377 armed security agents at hotels and on beaches," Mr Jendoubi said.
