Heartbreak at farewell to ‘vibrant’ Michaela

IN a grim reversal of the joyful occasion when baby Michaela Davis was first carried into St Mochta’s Church to be christened, the 12-year-old girl’s remains were carried out by her family after her funeral yesterday.

The girl who so wanted to grow up now won’t have the chance to do so.

The funeral cortege made its way to St Mochta’s Church in Porterstown, close to her family home in the Village estate, a little after noon. The white coffin holding the body of the schoolgirl was then taken inside, partly carried by her tearful older brother, Brendan, with her father, also named Brendan, and her shaken mother, Deirdre, following in its wake.