'If you say his name, he'll never be forgotten': Plaque unveiled for Cork's teen hero Cathal

The plaque was unveiled at Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork city on what would have been Cathal O’Neill’s 18th birthday

Members of Cathal O'Neill's family, friends and neighbours along with Cllr Kenneth Collins, Cllr Mick Nugent and Lord Mayor Cllr Colm Kelleher at the unveiling of a memorial bench in memory of Cathal. Picture: Jim Coughlan

It was one of his favourite places - now he’ll be remembered there forever.

A plaque has been unveiled on a bench overlooking the Fitzgerald’s Park playground in Cork in memory of the city’s very own Power Ranger teen hero, Cathal O’Neill, who died last year, aged just 16, after a lifetime of ill health.