Philip dedicates success to brother who drowned in Shannon

AN 18-year-old student who had to repeat the Leaving Cert after his 16-year-old brother died in a drowning tragedy at Parteen, near Limerick city, was “over the moon” when he opened up his results yesterday.

Philip O’Connor, a student at Limerick CBS Sexton’s Street, recalled that during last year’s examinations, his brother Victor drowned in the River Shannon.

“It was a terrible tragedy for the family and to make Victor proud I was determined to repeat my Leaving Cert and do well.