'A big smile that would melt your heart': First victim of Galway pier tragedy laid to rest

The coffin of John Keenan is carried out of the Church of the Resurrection, Ballinfoyle in Galway following his funeral. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

John Keenan Sammon has been remembered as a passionate boxer who was full of life and had a wonderful sense of humour.

The 16-year-old died when the car he and his friends - Christopher Stokes, 19, and Wojcieck Penek, 17 - were travelling in entered the River Corrib in Galway last weekend.