The funeral has taken place in south Dublin of the five members of the Connors family, who died in the Carrickmines fire.

Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Balally to remember Thomas, Sylvia, Jim, Christy and baby Mary.

The President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Enda Kenny were represented by their Aides de Camps - and various politicians also attended.

Parish priest of the Travelling People, Fr Derek Farrell, spoke of the tsunami of grief the families have endured.

Thomas and Sylvia, and three of their children - Jim (5), Christy (3) and 5-month-old Mary perished in that fire, leaving two of their children Michael and Tom orphaned.

Thomas and Sylvia were described as a match made in heaven, and the the best father and mother that any children could ask for.

The funeral cortege will travel to Wexford this evening, where the family will be laid to rest tomorrow.

After the mass, John Lynch - brother to Jimmy and Willie Lynch and to Sylvia Connors - spoke of his loss.

Meanwhile, the parish priest in Balally in Dublin is asking people to get their heads and hearts around the fact that the families of ten people who died in the Carrickmines fire have no home to go to after they bury their relatives.

It comes after Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council decided to put a temporary halting site in a carpark, though they admit the site is not ideal.

The move came after a temporary site at Rockville Cottages was strongly opposed by residents who set up a blockade and protested.

Father Dermot Lane told Newstalk Breakfast the settled community has failed to "walk in the shoes" of others.

Anti Austerity Alliance Paul Murphy told Breakfast that the whole episode is "shameful on settled people".

He said people are living in unsafe conditions and society must take this opportunity to say "this is enough".