The funerals of two more victims of the M9 motorway crash in Co Kildare are set to take place this week. Jeremy O'Brien, 18, from Carlow, will be laid to rest on Monday, while Jack Kennedy, 17, from Athy, will be buried on Tuesday.
Five teenagers killed in head-on collision
Five teenage boys lost their lives after the high-powered BMW they were travelling in veered the wrong way along the M9, colliding head-on with a family en route to Dublin Airport in the early hours of Sunday, August 16. The BMW is believed to have been travelling in excess of 120km/h when it struck the Hyundai near Junction 3 of the M9 at approximately 3am.
Four occupants of the Hyundai – sisters Niamh and Alma Kinsella and Ella Hendricken, along with a young boy – suffered catastrophic injuries and remain hospitalised.
Three victims already laid to rest
Jeremy O'Brien, Alex McCarthy, 16, from Carlow, Joey Carthy, 15, from Athy, Jack Kennedy, and Kamil Pustkowski, 17, from Limerick, all perished in the crash. Three of the teenagers have already been laid to rest, with 15-year-old Joe Carthy becoming the first to be buried on Friday. His funeral was held at St Michael's Church in Athy just before 11.30am, while Alex McCarthy's service took place in Askea, Carlow, on Friday afternoon.
A small gathering of mourners also assembled in Limerick on Friday to pay their final respects to Kamil Pustkowski, who lay in repose at a local funeral home prior to a cremation ceremony.
Funeral details for remaining victims
The funeral mass for Jeremy 'Bobbles' O'Brien is scheduled for Monday at 11am at the Church of the Holy Family, Askea, with burial to follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Carlow. Jack Kennedy's funeral mass will be held on Tuesday at 11am at St. Michael's Parish Church, Athy, ahead of a private cremation later that afternoon.
