Tributes paid to two Limerick ‘gentlemen’ after tragic crash
The pair are Andrew Roche Mason, 23, from Hyde Rd, Limerick City, and Michael Madigan, 28, from Broadford, Co Limerick.
Mr Roche passed away at Cork University Hospital on Thursday, three days after the car he was driving collided with a van carrying a man and his five-year-old daughter.
Mr Madigan, a passenger in the car, died on Tuesday. He will be laid to rest today after requiem Mass in Our Lady of Snow’s Church, Broadford at 12.30pm.
The man and child in the van were not seriously injured.
Mr Roche and Mr Madigan were full-time care assistants, and had worked for both TLC Homecare and Healthcare Ltd in Dooradoyle, Limerick, and St Joseph’s Foundation, Charleville, Cork.
A co-worker said yesterday: “They were two gentlemen. They will be a great loss to everyone who knew them. We are really emotional.”
Meanwhile, Conor Counihan, CEO, St Joseph’s Foundation in Charleville, Cork, also paid tribute to both men.
“It’s such a tragedy, they were two very popular young lads,” he said.
“It must be very, very difficult for their families as it is for all the people who were working with them on a daily basis.”
“It has been quite traumatic. We are just lost for words”
Mr Counihan said the two friends were dedicated workers.
“They worked with the adult service users, taking in all social activities. They were extremely popular,” he added.
Mr Roche and Mr Madigan had also previously worked together in the bar trade in their native Limerick, and in pubs abroad.
The fatal crash occurred around 7.30pm last Tuesday, on Hyde Rd, near Mr Roche’s home.
The double tragedy has resulted in eight deaths on Limerick roads so far this year, double the number for the whole of last year.
Gardaí at Roxboro Road station have appealed for anyone who witnessed the crash or who saw the vehicles involved prior to the crash, to contact them.
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