'She was the heartbeat of Trócaire for almost 40 years': Irish aid worker killed in Guatemala

A retired Irish aid worker has been killed in a road collision in Guatemala.

'She was the heartbeat of Trócaire for almost 40 years': Irish aid worker killed in Guatemala
Mon, 08 Apr, 2019 - 16:44
Rebecca Stiffe

A retired Irish aid worker has been killed in a road collision in Guatemala.

Sally O'Neill, from Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, began working with Trócaire in 1978 and only retired in April 2015 after 37 years service.

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