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Jeremy O'Brien funeral hears 'families changed forever'

Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in the crash on the M9 have heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.

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#2286
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 11:25 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 19:57 UTC
Version history
6 versions
Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer

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Publisher
RTÉ News
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 11:18 UTC
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No update timestamp supplied
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Section
Ireland
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Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in the crash on the M9 have heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.
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    Jeremy O'Brien funeral hears 'families changed forever'

    Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in the crash on the M9 have heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.

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    Jeremy O'Brien funeral hears 'families changed forever'

    Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in the crash on the M9 earlier this month has heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.

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    Jeremy O'Brien funeral hears 'families changed forever'

    Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in a horror crash in Ireland has heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.

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    Jeremy O'Brien funeral hears 'family's changed forever'

    Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in a horror crash in Ireland has heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.

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    Funeral for Jeremy O'Brien takes place in Carlow

    Mourners at the funeral of a teenager who was one of five young people killed in a horror crash in Ireland has heard that "what the boys did was wrong", but that "tragedy" must not become the whole story.

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    Funeral for Jeremy O'Brien takes place in Carlow

    The funeral has taken place of Jeremy O'Brien, one of the five teenagers killed in a head-on collision on the M9 motorway just over a week ago.

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • publisher category Ireland rss-category
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Capture ID
#2115
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 20:10 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
38,580 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt