Children form a guard of honour at John Leo’s funeral

CHILDREN yesterday formed a guard of honour at the funeral of a school friend who died in a road tragedy last week.

They wept openly as the cortege for John Leo made its final journey from Corpus Christi Church in Moyross. The 12-year-old, from Whitecross Gardens, died instantly after he fell under the wheel of a lorry on Thursday — the day before he was due to start secondary school.

The lorry had been contracted by Limerick City Council to remove rubble from the site of a house, which was demolished at Hartigan Villas, Moyross.