Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
My Noah is now everyone’s Noah..he’s in all our hearts
Mum of tragic teen launches campaign in bid for answers
THE mum of tragic Noah Donohoe has reiterated a call for answers, saying: “My Noah is now everybody’s Noah.”
Heartbroken Fiona Donohoe has set up two social media accounts which she will use as part of a campaign to share memories of her beloved son until it is revealed how he died.
The 14-year-old was last seen on June 21, sparking a missing person appeal and a huge community response across Northern
Ireland. Noah’s body was found in a storm drain six days later. Fiona made an emotional post on the social media sites yesterday, explaining why she has launched the My Noah campaign and how it will allow people to learn more about him. She said: “These accounts, I don’t know much about social media, but it is a way for people to learn more about Noah because they have taken him into their hearts. My Noah is
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now everybody’s Noah and I’ll gratefully share everything about my Noah so people can get to know him because he was such an amazing boy.
“I know he wasn’t perfect, he had socks laying on the ground and it could have taken him 10 hours to tie his shoelace if I didn’t keep prodding him.
“But his humour, he was just such a funny boy and it is keeping him, making him even more real to people because he is so alive in my heart.
“He is so around me constantly and I just need people to see what time they invested in, searching for him and wanting answers.
“It is just a platform for Noah to sing out and he couldn’t sing. He was in the choir, he was such an enthusiastic wee boy, he hadn’t a note in his head but he really gave everything to life.
“That is why I want people to give as much as they can until we get answers, it is all about getting answers.”
An inquest into Noah’s death has now been opened, with a full hearing expected to take place on January 18.
Meanwhile, a BBC report last night showed CCTV images of the 14-year-old cycling along York Road just minutes before police say he was last sighted.
Officers believe Noah was last seen at 6.11pm on Sunday, June 21. The CCTV footage is timed at 6.01pm, however it has not been confirmed this is correct.