THE FUNERAL Mass for Dr Jane Deasy, one of the three Irish women killed in the Air France plane crash, will be held in Dublin on Friday.
Dr Deasy (27), from Rathgar in Dublin, was on board the AF447 flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that went missing above the Atlantic Ocean on May 31st.
It was confirmed last week that her remains had been positively identified.
The funeral Mass for Dr Deasy will take place in the Church of the Holy Name, Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh, at 1pm. The burial afterwards will be private.
Dr Deasy is survived by her mother Barbara, father Joe, a consultant at Beaumont Hospital, and sisters Caragh and Alison, as well as a wide circle of relatives and friends.
She was returning from a holiday with two friends when the plane crashed. Her fellow doctors were Dr Eithne Walls (28) from Ballygowan, Co Down, and Dr Aisling Butler (26) of Roscrea, Co Tipperary.
Also on board the aircraft were two Dublin-based Aer Lingus employees. Arnold Gergel, a 33-year-old Slovakian, and his unnamed 25-year-old Estonian colleague who worked as baggage handlers at Dublin airport.
A total of 51 bodies were recovered through the search operation. Two officers from the Garda Technical Bureau travelled to Brazil to help identify the remains of victims.
Dr Deasy had been due to take up a position at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital on Dublins Adelaide Road on July 1st. She had worked as an intern in Tallaght hospital.
Dr Deasy graduated from Trinity College Dublin’s medical school in 2007 and registered with the medical council last year.
A memorial service was held in the chapel at Trinity College Dublin last month for the three friends, who were Trinity graduates.
A memorial Mass for Dr Walls was held on Sunday, June 14th, in the Church of Mary, Mother of the Church, Saintfield, Co Down.
Dr Butler was remembered at Mass at St Cronan’s Church, Abbey Street in Roscrea on June 9th.
Past pupils of the Ursuline secondary school in Thurles revisited the school last month to pay tribute to Dr Butler. Her class of 2001 attended Mass in the convent chapel near the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles.
