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Sarah Kennedy, mother of 17-year-old Jack Kennedy, spoke at his funeral mass, urging young people to avoid dangerous driving behavior. Five teenage boys died in a crash on the M9 in Kildare, and she expressed condolences to the families of the other victims.
The mother of the 17-year-old spoke at her son's funeral mass and urged other young people to stop engaging in dangerous driving behaviour. The mass took place in St Michael's Church in Athy, Co Kildare this morning.
Five teenage boys died in the crash when they were travelling the wrong way on the M9. The three women and child they hit remain in hospital. Jack's mother Sarah told mourners that five young boys"made a bad choice" and paid the"ultimate price".
"We as a family want to send our deepest condolences to Joey, Alex, Jeremy and Kamil’s families. Five young boys made a bad choice. Five young boys paid the ultimate price. Five families lost their babies.
Five families got a life sentence. May all rest in peace.. You are all in our thoughts and our prayers. We pray to God that you all make a full recovery.
And once again, we are sorry," Sarah said. The five boys have been named as Jack Kennedy , Kamil Pustkowski , Joe Carthy , Alex McCarthy and Jeremy O’Brien . Two of the young men had previously been charged by Gardai for a number of different crimes. In the time since, thousands of hateful and abusive comments have been posted about the young men.
One government TD called the teens"I do not understand why these horrible... I won't say it...say such unkind and hateful things, knowing that five families are suffering the most highest way possible," Sarah added.
"Your words mean nothing to us because the pain that we are all feeling right now, we will have that pain forever. So I've decided, instead of all reacting to you all, to forgive you all. Not one of you are walking in our shoes, and I pray to God none of you will. No one should have to bury their child.
""I said 'I love you back, son'. "There is something I want to say, and especially to Jack's friends. If you're considering continuing this criminal activity, Please stop, because this is the end of it. This is a family broken, and the consequences of that will happen to you too, for you yourself, and then you'll have the innocent victims, like the people who are in hospital trying to recover.
"Lastly, this is to my little soldier, Jack. I will never forget your kindness, your smile, your love, your handsomeness, and your funniness. You were my world, and you still are.
"An Garda Síochána has issued a student fraud warning ahead of CAO offers. Gardai say there have been over 230 reports of rental and reservations scams, with total reported losses standing at above €400,000 this year. This comes ahead of the seasonal peak – historically August and October – as returning and first-time students scramble Electronic ankle tagging for some offenders is to begin before the end of the year, the Government has confirmed.
The €2.1m pilot scheme is being rolled out on a 12-month trial basis, and the contract signed with producer Allied Universal Electronic Monitoring allows for the use of between 30 and 50 tags. The Department of A Brazilian woman murdered in Limerick on Friday was killed by a man known to her, who is now dead.
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