Mother of one to be buried after crash on night out

Valerie O’Donovan, 32, died in the early hours of last Sunday in a single vehicle crash at Manch Middle, Ballineen, Co Cork. Ms O’Donovan of Riverview Drive, Ballineen was a front-seat passenger in the car.

She had been returning from a night of socialising in Dunmanway with a male friend when their car was in collision with a telegraph pole. The male occupant of the car escaped serious injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Ms O’Donovan was the mother of an 11-year-old girl, Shannon.