*Bernard Kennedy died in November 2023. AN 82-year old man died of hypothermia when unable to get up from a fall outside his remote West Clare home on a Winter’s night after his 78 year old wife collapsed unconscious while trying to ring for help, an inquest has heard.
*The late Wassiou Ayawe Moran. A 19-year old promising soccer player drowned in a jet ski accident after giving his life jacket to a teenage female passenger before she got on the jet-ski.
*Joe and Claire Collins. THE families of suspected ‘murder-suicide’ couple, Joe and Claire Collins from Kilnaboy have come together to publish a notice thanking their wonderful friends and neighbours, who have been on hand with “many, many fond memories of our beloved Claire and Joe”.
*The late John Daly (RIP). A CORONER has told a grieving mother that the questions she wants answered concerning her 18 year old son’s death are not going to get answered.
*Peggy Morrissey (RIP) & Marty Morrissey. Ninety-four year old Peggy Morrissey died after her car crashed into a field “on a very bad night storm-wise” while she was en route to the safety of her son, RTE broadcaster, Marty Morrissey, an inquest has heard.
*The late John Daly. An 18 year old Leaving Cert student died in a car crash in Cratloe in south east Clare less than one hour after kissing his mother on the cheek good night and telling her that he loved her.
*The Galway native fell to his death at the Cliffs of Moher. A coroner’s verdict into the death of a 25 year old Galway patient who fell to his death at the Cliffs of Moher has been stalled.
*The late Michael Fogarty. Clare’s County Coroner is to write to the State’s national roads agency to highlight concerns over a motorway exit where a Crusheen publican and Glanbia milkman lost his life four years ago.
