DROWNED MAN FULL OF LOVE IN TRAGIC LIFE

A MAN who drowned in the River Lee in Cork last week had his own troubles in life but never hesitated to reach out and help others, his requiem mass has heard.

- BY OLIVIA KELLEHER

Luke Hyde, 33, from Wolfe Tone Street in Cork, got into difficulties while swimming across the river from Pope's Quay to Lavitt's Quay shortly before 7pm last Wednesday.

Mr Hyde's mother, Lily, contacted the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's RedFM in the aftermath of the incident. She spoke about the shock she experienced when she arrived at the quayside to find that onlookers were filming events instead of going to the aid of her son.