‘You owe it to Jonathan Byrne to say no to neknomination’

Up to 500 people who came to say their final farewells to Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Byrne in his home village of Leighlinbridge in Co Carlow listened in silence yesterday as parish priest Fr Thomas Lalor spoke of the peer pressure that leads to many risks and challenges which can have “disastrous consequences”.
The 19-year-old’s body was found on Sunday morning, hours after he drank a pint and entered the River Barrow at Milford Bridge. He was laid to rest yesterday.