Northern Ireland

Month's mind Masses for teens killed in Greenvale Hotel tragedy

From left, Connor Currie (16), Lauren Bullock (17) and Morgan Barnard (17)
From left, Connor Currie (16), Lauren Bullock (17) and Morgan Barnard (17) From left, Connor Currie (16), Lauren Bullock (17) and Morgan Barnard (17)

THE last of three month's mind Masses for the teenagers killed in the Greenvale Hotel tragedy will take place this evening.

Family and friends will gather in the church of St Patrick's, Donaghmore to remember 17-year old Lauren Bullock, described as "wonderful and caring".

Last night 17-year-old Morgan Barnard, an Irish language lover with a great sense of humour, was remembered at a Mass in St Patrick's, Dungannon.

And on Monday evening the life of the youngest victim, 16-year-old Connor Currie, a keen GAA fan who had an "infectious smile", was celebrated at St Malachy's, Edendork.

On March 22 the same three churches were scenes of heartbreak as the young people were laid to rest.

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Mid Ulster MP Francie Molloy said since the deaths he has been speaking to relatives and they are "coping fairly well under the circumstances" and "trying to come to terms with what has happened".

He added that the role schools has played has been a huge help, both for the siblings of the three teenagers and their schoolmates.

"They have not felt isolated, they have gone back into a school family and that has given them comfort. The schools have undoubtedly helped them to cope," he said.

Schoolfriends from St Patrick's Academy Dungannon, where Morgan and Connor were pupils, and St Patrick's College, Dungannon, where Lauren was a pupil, were among hundreds who turned out to pay their respects at the funerals.

Police and council investigations are continuing into how the tragedy unfolded.