The funeral of a mother-of-two who died after the car she was in plunged into a Cork river with her two young sons in the back has heard how she was an “exceptionally loyal and true friend” with a heart of gold.
Primary school teacher Gillian Daly, 44, died when she was unable to escape after her car reversed into the River Lee at Kennedy Quay in Cork at around 8.45pm last Friday night.
Her sons Evan and Luke, aged ten and 12, were passengers in the car but managed to free themselves before it sank and bystanders pulled the boys to safety.
