The funeral of one of the teenagers killed in the M9 crash is to take place on Friday.
The notice for Alex McCarthy (16) from Carlow was published on death notices website RIP.ie on Wednesday.
McCarthy will repose at his home from 3pm until 7pm on Thursday before removal at 2.15pm on Friday to the Holy Family Church, Askea, arriving for requiem mass at 3pm. He will be buried afterwards in St Mary’s Cemetery.
Issued by Lacey’s Funeral Directors, his death notice said McCarthy’s parents were “heartbroken” by his death.
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It said he was “deeply loved” by his parents, Lucelle and Edward, and “adored” by his siblings, Jordan, Edward, Donna and Nakita.
“Alex will be sadly missed by parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, loving and heartbroken girlfriend Georgia, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, extended family, relatives and friends,” the notice reads.
The condolences section, which allows the posting of public comments, was disabled on the notice.
It is the second notice posted to the website since the crash.
A funeral notice for Joe Carthy (15) from Athy, Co Kildare, was published on RIP.ie on Monday morning. It was removed some hours later.
RIP.ie, which is owned by The Irish Times Group, said it did not comment on individual funeral notices.
Before being removed, the notice attracted hundreds of comments after it was posted to the website’s Facebook page.
Some were sympathetic with the family’s loss; others were angry about the circumstances that saw the five masked teens driving a high-powered BMW the wrong way down the M9 motorway at 3am on Sunday.
There was also sympathy expressed for the injured victims of the tragedy, sisters Alma and Niamh Kinsella, their younger sister Ella Hendricken and an unnamed seven-year-old nephew who was seriously injured in the incident.
An Garda Síochána this morning said in a statement: “The family of the victims of the M9 collision have asked for their privacy to be respected. They wish to inform media that they are not providing interviews at this time.”
Funeral notices for other teenagers who died: Kamil Pustkowski (17) from Limerick; Jack Kennedy (17) from Athy, Co Kildare; and Jeremy O’Brien (18) from Carlow have not yet been published.
