Elaine dies four months after wedding

A 25-year-old mother of one who had been married just four months has passed away from a rare tongue cancer.

Elaine O’Brien (née Ryan) had brought her wedding day forward by a year as she knew she was dying. She passed away in December surrounded by her loved ones at home in Nicker, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, and was buried with the Christmas presents she didn’t get a chance to open.

Despite her failing health, she went out with her aunt Hanora to buy Christmas presents for her family on Dec 19. Elaine died the next day.