‘Their love for each other was eternal’

A PALE-FACED Michaela Horan-Quinn brought her big sister’s basketball towards the altar, inches away from the white coffin - draped with the tragic teenager’s Christening gown.

The brave 10-year-old has now assumed her deceased sister’s role as ‘mother hen’, particularly towards their 10-month-old brother, Nathan, who has three new teeth.

Thirteen-year-old Natalie doted over her younger siblings as well as her mum, Oonagh and step-father, Pat. She has left this life to enjoy eternal life, said Fr John McGrath.