Soldier buried with full military honours

THE army private who died in a drowning accident has been buried with full military honours in Limerick.

Private Alan Boyce, 21, from Meelick, Co Clare, completed his military training last month. He drowned in Kilkenny last Friday night after he slipped into a river while out with friends.

Alan’s brother, Thomas, who was also in the army, died in a road accident eight years ago when he was 19.