Pictures show the lavish funeral of an 'extremely violent' Irish gangster who was buried in a gold coffin alongside cocaine tributes taunting police after he died in a car crash. Stephen O'Reilly, a father-of-one, was pronounced dead at the scene in Edenderry, County Offaly, on Monday, May 20. O'Reilly - who was in his 30s and from Athlone, County Westmeath - held convictions for burglaries and serious offences, and was regarded as a violent and dangerous criminal, according to BelfastLive. But he was also described as having a 'heart of gold' by mourners - hence the extravagant colour of the coffin, which was carried by six men and a woman to Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best'. Photos from the funeral show printed pictures of tattooed O'Reilly topless and flexing with the words: 'The real Pablo. The one and only Gangster Reilly.' One bizarre display mounted on a golden plaque and outlined with white paper flowers depicted a container full of cocaine with the words 'no comment' beneath.
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