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Clare McCarthy & Abigail O'Leary

Girl, 15, dies after asthma attack at school as staff pay tribute to 'gentle soul'

A 15-year-old died after having an asthma attack during an open evening at a school.

Ceili McInerney was attending an open evening at her school, Coláiste an Átha in Kilmuckridge, last Thursday evening when she had the asthma attack.

The school was quickly evacuated and Community First Responders rushed to help the Transition Year student, before she was attended to by paramedics, with gardai and the fire service also arriving at the scene.

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