The death has occurred of prominent educationalist Msgr Jim Cassin. He was a priest of the Diocese of Ossory and served for many years as the Church’s national secretary for education.
He died in St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny on Friday and was laid to rest following a private requiem Mass on Tuesday.
He was a regular feature at educational events and a key adviser to the hierarchy on educational policy and discussions with the Government on issues as diverse as inclusion in schools, special needs and the process of divesting some schools from a Catholic patronage to other bodies.
The death notice said his death is “deeply regretted and sadly missed by his brother Paddy, cousins, relatives, his many friends, Bishop [Dermot] Farrell and his brother priests of the diocese”.