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FAI stops using nets involved in boy’s death

TARGET netting similar to that involved in the death of a 10-year-old boy on Thursday will not be used in FAI-run soccer camps in the ā€œimmediate futureā€.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2004

Family of past victim recalls pain of their loss

THE great grandfather of a boy who died last year after being hit by a falling crossbar has called for a campaign to make goalposts safer.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2004

Community remembers life of young football fan

LEE LUCCHESI, who was laid out last night in the kit of his beloved Liverpool, lived for football and to die on a football field was tragic, his great grandfather said last night.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2003

Family mourns 10-year-old victim of freak accident

A 10-year-old boy has died in a freak accident at a football game in Co Meath.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2003

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