A grief-stricken father has pleaded with teenagers to stop putting their lives on the line in cars after burying his 14-year-old son.
Lukas Joyce died in a crash in County Galway on Easter Monday and his heartbroken dad Joe urged youngsters to “think of their parents” as he gave an emotional speech at his funeral in St Brendan’s Church, Annaghdown, reports the Irish Mirror.
Presentation College pupil Lukas, along with classmate Kirsty Bohan, also 14, was killed in an early morning road crash outside the small town of Headford, while two other students of the school, a 13-year-old boy and 14-year old girl, are being treated for multiple injuries at hospital.