'Our body and soul': Funeral of Carrigaline man hears how he saved people from drowning as a teen 

The remains of Matt O'Neill are shouldered into the Church of the Real Presence, Curraheen, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

A man who died after an alleged assault in Carrigaline had helped save multiple people from drowning at sea and was described as 'kind and caring' at his requiem mass in Cork.

Matt O’Neil, 29, from Glenwood, Carrigaline, Co Cork, was allegedly assaulted in Glenwood Estate in the town on December 28.