Relatives of the Carrickmines fire victims have met with Pope Francis.
Approximately 700 members of the Irish travelling community have attended an audience with the Pope in the Vatican this morning.
The Irish Independent reports Alison Nevin, from Swords, was the first of the crowd to be blessed by the Pope Francis after he descended from the pulpit.
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Thousands of people from across the continent attended the service to mark the 50th anniversary of the first ever visit by a pontiff to a Roma camp in 1965.
Vatican Correspondent with the Irish Times Paddy Agnew says the Pope has urged travellers to give life to a new chapter in the history of their nomadic tradition:
