Funeral details for young man killed in Cork crash released

Ricky Barry. Picture: RIP.ie

The funeral details for the young man killed in a Cork collision over the weekend have been released.

Ricky Barry (23) suffered fatal injuries in the collision while the other occupants of the car received injuries described as non life-threatening.

Two other people were rushed to Cork University Hospital following the single-car crash in Rathanker near Passage West in Cork at around 2.30am on Saturday.

He will repose at Temple Hill Funeral Home on the Boreenmanna Road on Thursday from 4pm to 5pm.

That will be followed by his requiem mass at 11am on Friday in St Patrick's Church in Rochestown.

The mass will be live-streamed before Ricky's funeral afterwards to St Catherine's Cemetery in Kilcully.

His death notice reads: "Dearly loved son of Richard and Susan and devoted father of Ruby, loving brother of Cole, Oliver, Holly and Charlie, Dear grandson of Sean, Cathy, Noreen and the late Derry.

"Sadly missed by his loving family, aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives and friends."

Some 35 people have died on Irish roads so far this year. This is a small increase on the same time in 2023, which was in itself a year when road deaths in Ireland surged.

According to research from the Road Safety Authority, the highest risk age among those travelling on Irish roads in 2023 was the 16-25 age group. This age group represented over a quarter of all road deaths, 48 fatalities in all. This was an increase of 23 deaths from a year prior.