Parents release white doves at funeral of son, 6

The devastated parents of Jake Brennan released two doves into the sky at his funeral yesterday as they continued to struggle to come to terms with his death.

The little boy was hit by a car last Thursday night while playing outside his house in a cul-de-sac in the Lintown Hall estate on the edge of Kilkenny City.

While he was able to get up and run to his mother, he soon lost consciousness and was pronounced dead in hospital.