Kevin McCourt funeral today

The funeral will take place in Dublin this morning of a former RTE director-general, Mr Kevin McCourt, who died at the weekend…

The funeral will take place in Dublin this morning of a former RTE director-general, Mr Kevin McCourt, who died at the weekend.

Mr McCourt, who was 84, served as director-general at Donnybrook between January 1963 and March 1968 when he left to work with Irish Distillers.

A founding member of the Industrial Development Authority, he also served as chairman of Irish Steel.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy, daughters Pamela, Germaine and Deirdre, and son, Declan.

The funeral will be after 10 a.m. Mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Donnybrook, to Shanganagh Cemetery.

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