The mother of teenager Donnacha Ryan (Luke), who died in a road tragedy last Sunday, told his funeral mass Thursday he was a “kind-hearted, pure rogue”.
Mr Ryan, who celebrated his 18th birthday last week, sustained fatal injuries in an apparent fall from a car outside the town of Cappamore, Co Limerick, in the early hours of last Sunday.
Speaking at her son’s funeral at St Michael’s Chruch in the town, Nicola Ryan Luke told mourners: “From the moment Donnacha was born he was a pure rogue...despite his mischievous antics, Donnacha was a kind-hearted and caring, good boy, if any of his friends ever needed anything at any time of the day or night he was first to offer his help, often despite my unheeded protests”.
