'Miracle' child laid to rest after battle with leukaemia

A seven-year-old who died of leukaemia on New Year's Eve just months after he received 10,000 birthday cards from well-wishers from all over the world has been described at his requiem mass as a "miracle child" and a " gorgeous, happy chatty little man."

In a tribute to her son Fionn at St Bartholomew's Church in Kildorrery, Co Cork Eimear Doyle said the family would forever hold dear the memories of the precious time they spent with their "cheeky little monkey."