The Berkeley tragedy: Courageous Clodagh

AS the family and friends of another Berkeley victim — Lorcán Miller — laid him to rest yesterday, one of his friends who was on that awful balcony made one of those uplifting statements that so resonated with courage and peace that it cannot but leave a lasting, inspiring impression.

Clodagh Cogley, who, at 21 has been told that she may not walk again, used Facebook to express a level of stoicism, of courage and — if it is possible in the circumstances — optimism, that very few of us could muster even at one step removed from the tragedy.

If we were directly involved, very few of us could be so very philosophical, so very resigned about a challenge that would overpower many of us.