Duffy unveils memorial to teen

Keith Duffy, the actor and ex-Boyzone star, has opened a small memorial garden in West Cork to honour a young woman who worked tirelessly for autistic children even though she was terminally ill with leukaemia.

Duffy, who is patron of Irish Autism Action, opened the garden in memory of Niamh Cadogan at Mercy Heights secondary school, Skibbereen, where she had been a pupil.

Before the 17-year-old died on Mar 19, she had led a major fundraising drive for local autistic children through one of the school’s transition year companies.