Remains of Ian Bailey cremated at private service in Cork
It is understood that the ashes of the late British national, who lived in Ireland for over three decades, will be sent to his sister Kay Reynolds in England.
The remains of Ian Bailey (66) were cremated at the Island Crematorium in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork today.
The service was low-key with no notification being placed on Rip.ie.
It is understood that the ashes of the late British national, who lived in Ireland for over three decades, will be sent to his sister Kay Reynolds in England.
Frank Buttimer, Bailey’s solicitor in a statement said “I have been authorised to confirm the remains of Mr Bailey were cremated at a private event which occurred early this morning (Tuesday).
“The next of kin of Mr Bailey will not be making any further statement”.
The remains were taken by an undertaker from Bantry General Hospital to the crematorium this morning for the service.
Mr Bailey was a native of Manchester but spent his early years in Stockport where his father, Kenneth, was employed as a craft butcher. When he was nine the family moved to Gloucester where he attended a religious school called The Crypt.
Mr Bailey completed a two-year journalism course in Wales in 1980. He married a fellow journalist in 1979 but the couple split in 1983. As a freelance journalist he supplied copy to UK publications such as The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Mirror.
He first travelled to West Cork in 1986 when he came to write a story and left ‘enchanted’ by the landscape. He moved to Ireland in the early 1990s after becoming disillusioned with his journalism career in Gloucester and Cheltenham. He lived in Cork, Wicklow and Waterford before settling in West Cork where he met his long-term partner Jules Thomas. The couple ended their relationship two years ago.
His father Kenneth died on Christmas Eve in 2000 whilst his mother Brenda passed away in 2016. Mr Bailey was unable to travel to the UK for her funeral as he was the subject of a European Arrest Warrant.
Mr Bailey was on two occasions detained by Gardaí for questioning in relation to the 1996 murder of 39-year-old Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The body of the French woman was discovered outside her remote holiday home in Toormore on the outskirts of Schull in West Cork on December 23rd, 1996.
Bailey always denied any wrongdoing in relation to the murder of the film producer.
Mr Bailey was convicted in absentia after a trial in France in 2019. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
However, officials in France have been unable to extradite the Britsh man to Paris to serve the sentence handed down by the courts.
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