Family pay emotional tribute to 'bright, loving and extraordinary' Wesley

THE family of the lorry driver who was one of two men killed in a horror road crash have paid an emotional tribute to him as he was laid to rest.

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The funeral service for Wesley O'Reilly, 48, took place in north County Dublin yesterday morning - a week to the day since he lost his life in a three-vehicle collision.

Mr O'Reilly, who lived in Loughshinny near Skerries, was driving a lorry when it was involved in a collision with a Bus Eireann bus and a private car in Gormanston, Co Meath, at around 6.30am on Monday, November 24.

Paul Conway, who was in his 50s and from Tallanstown in Co Louth, also died in the horror. He was driving the Bus Eireann vehicle.

The female driver of the car and her teen passenger were injured, as were up to 10 passengers on the bus.

The funeral service for Mr O'Reilly, who was a native of Finglas in north Dublin, was held at St Maur's Church, in Rush near Lough-shinny - and four members of his family spoke in his memory at it.

His daughters Kirsty and Cody, son Ross and sister Phyllis all gave eulogies in his honour in the packed church. Kirsty, who is the eldest and mother to Mr O'Reilly's only grandchild Mason, told mourners she wanted to thank paramedics who attended the scene — as well as their mother Nina.

She said: "A thank you to the paramedics who were on the scene and the biggest thank you of all is for our ma. I don't know how we would have got through the last week without you. Your strength is like nothing we have seen before and da would be so beyond proud of you."

And she spoke lovingly of her father who, as well as being a lorry driver, was a keen hunter.