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Funeral of Derry murder victim Eddie Meenan to take place

Father-of-nine Eddie Meenan's body was found in an alleyway close to his home.
Father-of-nine Eddie Meenan's body was found in an alleyway close to his home. Father-of-nine Eddie Meenan's body was found in an alleyway close to his home.

The funeral will take place in Derry tomorrow of murdered father-of-nine Eddie Meenan.

Three men, aged 19, 26 and 31, have been charged with 52-year-old Mr Meenan’s murder. The dead man’s body was found in an alleyway at Creggan Street just yards from the city’s St Eugene’s Cathedral early on Sunday, November 25.

Mr Meenan’s funeral will take place from his mother’s home at Little Diamond in the Bogside for 12.30pm Requiem Mass at St Eugene’s Cathedral with burial afterwards at Derry City Cemetery.