‘It’s the nightmare every parent dreads’: Shock over deaths of Dublin Leaving Cert students in Greece

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Most students on group holiday in Ios expected home soon after deaths of 18 year olds Andrew O’Connor and Tim Wall

Max’s death happened at around 2pm on Sunday near the port. The emergency services were informed and he was transferred to hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead.

Max was a “very bright young man, fantastic sportsman, passionate about his rugby and a real bright academic man too, full of optimism and hope for the future.” Mr Kelleher anticipates that most of the students on the group holiday will be returning home as soon as possible. “We’ve been heartened by the huge volume of messages of support from government ministers, councillors, senators and other schools. Our sister school, St Mary’s eight years ago suffered the. And we are now experiencing our darkest day and our sincere thanks to everybody who has come through primarily on social media over the last 24 hours when news of Andrew’s body first broke and then a few hours later we heard that Max had passed away in hospital.

 

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