FOREVER BEAUTIFUL..
Alli had lived a full and beautiful life. He added: “I’m still trying to come to terms with Alli’s death. I think of my own vulnerabilities, how vulnerable human life really is and how we need to depend on one another.
“Sitting with some members of her family the other day I could tell Alli lived life to the fullest. Those of you who knew her were aware that she reached out to them by giving, loving and caring for them.
“But her four children knew her best. She loved them more than anyone else in the world and was there for them no matter what.” Alli’s best friend John Compton, who runs a Dublin modelling agency, brought a Alli’s coffin outside church in Dalkey
cookbook as a symbol of one of her many talents and told mourners: “She was the life and soul of the party.”
Alli became an ambassador for Irish Autism Action after her son Harry was diagnosed with the condition in 2016.
She revealed last October two-yearold Siena is also autistic.
Following the
emotional service Alli’s coffin was taken for burial at Dungar Cemetery in Roscrea, Co Tipperary.
■ If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article please contact the Samaritans helpline 116 123, the Aware helpline 1800 80 48 48 or Pieta House on 1800 247 247.
MICHAEL MACDONNELL