Mental illness 'a battle we could not win', funeral of Louth couple told

Louth couple Marie and Jim Quigley have been laid to rest.

Mental illness 'a battle we could not win', funeral of Louth couple told

Louth couple Marie and Jim Quigley have been laid to rest.

In Monday, the body of 68-year-old Marie Quigley was discovered at the couple's home, not long after her 69-year-old husband Jim died in a collision on the M1 - where he had been driving in the wrong direction.

A murder investigation into Mrs Quigley's death is still ongoing, as is a separate inquiry into the fatal collision.

The couple's son-in-law Jeff paid tribute to the family during mass at St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church.

"Jim's illness, which he battled for a number of years, deteriorated from a physical illness to a mental illness," he told the assembled mourners.

"Having, as a family, got through everything together, this was one battle we just couldn't win … [but] we will see you again."

Chief Celebrant at today's funeral mass at St. Joseph's Redemptorist Church Father Tom Hogan, praised their immediate family:

"I never came across, in all my priesthood, an expression of unconditional love of God that I found in this family," he said.

The couple were buried in Dundalk.

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