Funeral details have been announced for former trade union representative and Waterford Crystal worker Pat Fitzgerald, who died following an incident of assault in Waterford on Friday.

A 35-year-old man was charged in relation to the incident yesterday. Mr. Fitzgerald passed away at University Hospital Waterford on Sunday.

Mr. Fitzgerald was late of St Catherine’s Grange and Avondale in Waterford. The widower is predeceased by his wife Kathleen, his father Jack, brother Mark and nephew Luke.

He is survived by his adult children Wayne, Joanne and Karl, his mother Maura, eight siblings, his four grandchildren, in-laws, extended family, neighbours and friends.

Mr. Fitzgerald will lie in repose at Tom Hennessy’s Funeral Home in Johnstown, Waterford on Thursday from 5.30pm to 7pm.

His funeral will take place at the Sacred Heart Church, The Folly in Waterford at noon on Friday with burial following in St Mary’s Cemetery, Ballygunner, Waterford.

The mass will be live-streamed.

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