It's not fair on your parents, I'm not a paren't anymore....that's all l'have to say, stop it

Grieving dad's plea to teens as he buries son killed in crash

- JOHN FALLON

THE heartbroken father of a 14-year-old boy killed in a crash on Monday morning has issued an appeal to teenagers not to go out in cars and put their lives at risk.

Joe Joyce, whose son Lukas was one of two teenagers to die in an early morning crash outside Headford, Co Galway, on the Bank Holiday, appealed to young people not to think they are invincible and asked them to think of their parents before they took risks.

He said that neither he nor Neringa, Lukas' mother, were parents anymore as a result of the single vehicle accident which happened at 5.45am.

Kirsty Bohan, another 14-year-old second year student at Presentation College Headford, also died in the accident while two other pupils of the school, a 13-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl, are being treated for multiple injuries at University College Hospital.

Joe Joyce, in a deeply emotional speech which lasted over half an hour at St Brendan's Church in Annaghdown, said that he can't believe Lukas is gone.