The family of a Dubs fan who died last month want to bring his ashes to one last game – but they can’t get tickets to today’s All-Ireland final at Croke Park
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READ MORE - David Clifford is the GAA's Messi and Ronaldo in one as Pat Spillane delivers All-Ireland verdict "But his heart, his little boy Jamie, was born in Kerry. So, there will always be a piece of Mark in Dublin and Kerry too. "Mark said in rehab, ‘I want to get out and get good for Jamie, to make him proud of me.’ And he worked hard.Mark moved to Derry and began a new relationship. He set up a roofing business and it seemed he was turning his life around. But in January he was taken to hospital.
"Mark’s liver failed and his kidneys failed. He was in ICU for a month and in hospital for three months. We got him home but the brush with death reset him to how he’d been before rehab. Mark reverted back to using cocaine.
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