Family and friends of Deirdre Lynch made her funeral Mass into a heartwarming celebration of a girl described as “a wonderful, shining light”.

A 16-year-old Co Cork boy who died suddenly while playing a schools’ match has been described as a “an extraordinarily skilled sportsman” by his principal.

The death of a 16-year-old schoolboy while playing a match yesterday brings to two the number of young people who died suddenly in Cork over the past few days.

The double-jobbing with hurling teams over the past couple of months has created a frantic schedule for Donagh O’Donnell.

FORMER Cork and Dohenys footballer Colman O'Rourke passed away this week. He was a regular with Cork seniors in the 1970s.