'Happy 23rd birthday our beautiful boy', mother tells funeral of Cork student who died in cliff fall 

The coffin is shouldered after Requiem Mass for the Munster Technology University student Conor King at St. Patrick's Church, Cork. Conor lost his life in an accident at Garrettstown, Cork last weekend.  

The young man who died in a cliff tragedy in West Cork last weekend packed 100 years of experience into his short life, his heartbroken mother said as he was buried on his 23rd birthday.

Fighting back tears, Maura King, wished her only son, Conor, a happy birthday during an emotional tribute from the altar at his funeral Mass in Cork on Wednesday morning.