Little James ‘now an angel of God’

The heartbroken parents of the boy who died after being swept away in a flooded river have been told the fragrance of his short life will last forever.

Monsignor Eamonn Goold, chief celebrant at the funeral Mass of James Casey Butler, 7, told his parents, Edel Casey and Paul Butler, that the nation has been touched by the tragic death of their only child.

James died on Sunday a day after he fell into the river in Midleton, Co Cork.