Funeral for Irish teen killed in Oz flats plunge
A TOTAL of 135 patients were waiting on beds in our hospitals yesterday, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
They revealed 130 were in emergency departments, while the other five were in wards.
University Hospital Limerick was the worst-hit with 25 patients affected.
Cork University Hospital had 20 waiting, while the figure for Mullingar was 16.
Tallaght was worst in Dublin with 12 patients.
Cian English
AN Irish teenager who plunged to his death during an alleged armed break-in was remembered for his “cheeky smile and devilment” at his funeral in Australia yesterday.
Cian English, 19, from Carlow, suffered traumatic injuries when he fell from a balcony at the View Pacific resort in Surfers Paradise at around 3.15am on May 23.
It was alleged he tried to escape after being robbed at knife point following an apartment party.
Three young men have been charged with murder.
Cian’s funeral was streamed live on Youtube yesterday so those who could not attend from Ireland and worldwide could watch.
Photos of the victim with his mother Siobhan, father Vinny and brother Dylan, who he lived with in Brisbane, adorned the coffin.
The casket was draped in jerseys of his family’s links to Carlow GAA club O’hanrahans and the Irish soccer and rugby teams.
An emotional Vinny told mourners at Centenary Memorial Gardens that burying his son “is the hardest thing I’ve ever done”.
He added: “Cian, buddy, we are going to be strong as you gave us strength all the time.”