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Ryan Riera Danello (17) from Stoneypark in Ballymote

'A terrible shock': Tributes paid to teenager (17) killed in Sligo collision

”Ryan always had a smile on his face and would light up any room’’, one local said.

TRIBUTES HAVE BEEN paid to a teenager who was killed in a crash between a car and a van in County Sligo on Wednesday.

Ryan Riera Danello (17) from Stoneypark in Ballymote lost his life in the collision which occurred at around 11.40am on Wednesday morning on the Ballymote to Tubbercurry Road.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency personnel. His body was removed to the mortuary at Sligo University Hospital, where a post-mortem took place. The male van driver, aged in his 60s, was uninjured.

Ryan was well known in Ballymote having gone to secondary school in Coláiste Mhuire in the town and for the past few months had been working in Elvery Sports in Sligo Town. He had played soccer for Ballymote Celtic and also had a keen interest in cars and surfing.

Describing the family’s heartbreak Ryan’s stepfather Shane Coy, said that the family were still in shock and trying to come to terms with the tragic loss. He said: “It is just so hard to take in and it is a terrible shock to us all and especially to his mother Laura Danello’’.

He added: ‘’Laura came to Ballymote almost 20 years ago from Venezuela and his older brother Alex, who is 26, was born in Venezuela, and Ryan was born here’’.

One local said: ”Ryan always had a smile on his face and would light up any room’’.

Ryan is survived by his mother Laura Danello, brother Alex Riera, father Julian Healy/Riera and Step-Father Shane Coy. Ryan will repose at the Perry Funeral Home, Ballymote on Saturday, 23 December from 12 noon until 1.45pm.

Followed by removal to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballymote to arrive for Funeral Mass at 2pm. Interment afterwards at St. Columba’s Cemetery.

“Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.

“Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and who were travelling in the area at the time, are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

“Anyone with any information is asked to contact Ballymote Garda Station on 071 918 9500, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.”

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:22 PM

    For a country that is supposedly booming it sure has a lot of crumbling infrastructure.

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    Mute David Corrigan
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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:30 PM

    @The Guru: The management of our water systems has deteriorated altogether since the billing company i.e. Irish Water took over.

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    Mute Dave Doyle
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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:41 PM

    @David Corrigan: Letting the water infrastructure deteriorate was going on long before IW came into being. It was deliberate, it was planned. They knew they would need justification for IW and the scams whatever government would be in power.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:43 PM

    @David Corrigan: The water system started to deteriorate straight after Fianna Fail bought the 1977 election by doing away with rates! They said that 2% of motor tax would be used but they did not increase motor tax so there was no money! FF still don’t care about infrastructure they just want power.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:44 PM

    @Dave Doyle: Its a disaster of epic proportions.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:53 PM

    @David Corrigan: not really true, much as I dislike the whole operation and how it was conceived. It’s just that decades of neglect and under-funding are now coming to light

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:54 PM

    @David Corrigan: I’m no fan of Irish Water but that is not true. It was crumbling long before they even became a thing. The formation of it, and the subsequent tax issue is what drew it into the public eye.
    Irish Water has also consolidated a lot of contracts which were handled at a county board level previously into national ones, saving money for the country. Their leakage program is also promising.
    The whole thing was a debacle, don’t get me wrong, but nothing is ever black and white, all good or all bad.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 7:27 PM

    @The Guru: money is paying off debt rather than being invested in infrastructure.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:42 PM

    No surprise that only 18% of our waterways are considered clean. Would love to see the criteria for IW bonuses.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:52 PM

    If you voted FG, you voted for infrastructure funding to be spent on unneeded water meters and a billing company. Remember that.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 2:43 PM

    @The Risen: sur didnt the shinners and ffers agree to water charges originally and then flipped to the other side to secure votes

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:55 PM

    I walk the coast road in Clontarf each evening the smell is terrible it makes the locals stick there heads even further in the air !

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:38 PM

    Build that wall!

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    Aug 28th 2019, 1:37 PM

    The poor sea creatures having to deal with human sh#t…pun intended.

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    Aug 28th 2019, 9:34 PM

    the set up of irish water stinks to high heaven !

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