Family pulls together and completes bucket list for late brother and son

A family toasted the memory of their beloved son and brother at the weekend as they ticked off the last item on his bucket list, and ran a pub for a night.

RTÉ sports broadcaster Jacqui Hurley, normally more at ease behind a microphone or in front of a TV camera, spent Saturday night with parents Dave and Mairead and sisters Catriona and Sinead behind the counter of their local, The Sportman’s Rest in Ballinhassig, Co Cork, pulling pints. It was a night of mixed emotions for the family who yesterday marked the third anniversary of Sean’s tragic death.

“Sean would have loved the event on Saturday night,” Jacqui said. “The place was heaving, absolutely thronged with people.