Limerick teen who died in road tragedy was a 'kind-hearted rogue', mother tells funeral mass

Donnacha Ryan Luke, who had just celebrated his 18th birthday, sustained fatal injuries in an apparent fall from a car

The funeral of Donnacha Ryan Luke, after leaving St Michael's Church in Cappamore, Limerick. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

The mother of teenager Donnacha Ryan (Luke), who died in a road tragedy last Sunday, told his funeral mass that her son was a “kind-hearted, pure rogue”.

The 18-year-old, who had celebrated his birthday last week, sustained fatal injuries in an apparent fall from a car outside the town of Cappamore, Co Limerick, in the early hours of Sunday.