RIP Laura Buckley Noonan
Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Maura Derrane in the RTÉ Today Show studio
TRIBUTES have been paid to sister of Today Show host, Rita Derrane, after her untimely passing.
Rita, who is sisters with RTÉ presenter Maura Derrane, had been battling with illness for a long period of time.
Tributes have been paid to "kind and gentle" Rita, who passed away on Tuesday at University Hospital Galway. Originally from Inis Mór, she had been living in Knocknacarra in Galway.
Taken from her obituary on RIP.ie, Rita will be reposing at Conneelys Funeral Home, Flood Street Galway on Thursday 16th November from from 2pm to 4pm. Removal to Rossaveal pier where Aran Island Ferries will take Rita on her final journey to Inis Mór.
Reposing at Séipéal Naomh Brīd and Naomh Oilibhéar Pluincéad, Kilronan with Funeral mass the following morning (November 17th) at 12 noon. Rita will be laid to rest in Reilig Chill Éinne afterwards.
The death notice read: "Dearly missed by her loving family, daughter Kila, mother Bridgie, father Mattie (deceased) sisters Maura, Róisín and Barbara, Uncle Pádraig, nephews Ethan and Cal brothers in law John and Rob, cousins and extended family."
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
