The family of a boy who died following injuries sustained when he was hit by a car in 2008 said goodbye to him at his Mass of the Angels service yesterday.

TWO little sisters yesterday paid a tearful farewell to their dad who died at the hands of a brutal teenage gang in Limerick last Monday.

BOYS slightly stretched their lead in maths performance over girls in this year’s Leaving Certificate, but it remains the only popular subject in which they are more likely to get top grades at Higher Level.