The funeral of Joanna Doyle, a mother of four who lost her life in a car crash on Friday, will take place today.
Joanna’s removal will take place at 10.30am to arrive at St. Anne’s Church, Ballylinan for Requiem Mass at 11am.
She will then be laid to rest afterwards in Ballylinan Cemetery.
Joanna died following a two-car collision on the N80 road in Ballickmoyler on Friday night. She was, from the nearby townsland of Cloneybacon.
“An absolutely terribly tragedy, she was a lovely lady and a great mother,” said local councillor John Moran who knew the deceased.
“She was a neighbour of ours, and our granddaughter is best friends with one of her children, so it’s just a terrible situation.
“Her children are aged from 13 up to their early 20s and she has a teenage daughter with special needs that she looked after full-time. It’s very tragic and my thoughts are with the family at this awful time.”
Collision
The fatal accident involved a two-car collision that killed the 48-year-old woman on the scene at about 10pm on Friday night close to SB Steel in Ballickmoyler on the N80 road between Stradbally and Carlow.
The second driver, a man in his 40s, was rushed to Tullamore Hospital with serious injuries and was in an induced coma in hospital in the immediate aftermath.
