Nuala Carey has paid an emotional tribute to her late father, who passed away last week.
Maurice passed away following a battle with cancer and was laid to rest in Monkstown on Thursday.
Taking to Instagram the weather presenter shared a sweet photo of herself as a child with her dad.
“Today we said goodbye to our beloved Dad with a beautiful Mass (full of nods to his home county of Cork) surrounded by family, friends & neighbours,” she said.
“Thank you for all your support on these difficult days & especially to those who travelled from Cork & Mayo to join us. RIP. xxx”
Speaking to the Irish Daily Mirror before his passing about the cancer battle, Nuala said, “We never knew it would be this challenging.
“When my dad was first diagnosed with cancer, it hadn’t spread. It looked like it could be sorted. Dad started chemo and radiotherapy and we had a plan for everything.”
She continued, “He had an operation in May to remove the pancreas and the cancer. I was thrilled that he survived that operation, but he developed type one diabetes afterwards, which was expected.
“He came home but he wasn’t thriving and he couldn’t walk unaided. And he was always tired.
“Dad went back to hospital on a Friday evening in July. We didn’t know it when we left for the hospital that day that he will never come home.”
Our thoughts are with the family at this very difficult time.