The funeral of Danielle McLaughlin, has taken place in Buncrana today almost three weeks after she was found murdered in India.
The popular young woman who was traveling when she was brutally murdered in Goa, was finally laid to rest a ceremony that seen family and friends come from far and wide to pay their respects.
The 28 year old who was descried as a shining light, had friends travelling from Scotland, England, Australia and New Zealand to St Mary’s Church in Buncrana to join her family and pay tribute to her earlier today.
In a moving tribute to honour her memory friends of Danielle released a statement before her funeral, calling on mourners to wear bright colours and not the traditional black dress code at the funeral.
The statement read: “Friends of Danielle have asked those attending her funeral not to abide by the usual dress code of black and that in order to celebrate the life of such a bright and vibrant young girl, that an effort should be made instead to match this brightness by wearing vibrant colours.”
Meanwhile Father Bradley also paid tribute to the backpacker saying Danielle was “a colourful character, like a gem which caught the light and reflected it in all its beauty around her”.
“Even the Indian Festival of Holi which she liked to attend and celebrate, is all about colour and celebration, for it marks the end of winter, the arrival of spring and gives thanks for the blessings of the harvest.”