Heartbreaking final tributes planned for funeral of young schoolboy Matthew Healy
Six-year old Matthew Healy tragically died in Waterford last week
A poignant final mark of respect will be paid later today by locals as tragic young Matthew Healy makes his final journey through Ringaskiddy in Cork.
The local residents association has asked people to line the street of the village from 2.30pm onwards as the little boy makes his final journey to The Island Crematorium in Ringaskiddy.
The young boy's family have asked people to make a donation to the Make A Wish Foundation, in lieu of flowers.
Matthew was a senior infants pupil at Faithlegg National School in Co Waterford.
The Funeral Mass for the late Matthew Healy will take place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Watergrasshill, Co Cork, in the Diocese of Cork & Ross, at 12.00pm today, Ash Wednesday, 14 February 2024.
The Chief Celebrant for this Mass will be Father Christy Fitzgerald, Co-Parish Priest.
A special vigil was organised on Saturday evening in Waterford city centre by bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan, to allow people show solidarity with Matthew's family.
The schoolboy was found unresponsive in a car in the Rathmoylan area of Dunmore East, in the early hours of last Friday and was pronounced dead a short time later at University Hospital Waterford.
His 37-year-old mother has since been charged with his murder.