Massive turn out for tragic boxer’s funeral

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Hundreds turned out to bid farewell to adopted Galwegian John Cooney, the super-featherweight boxer who died following a title fight in Belfast, to hear his friends and family talk of their ‘champion’ – and a man full of energy, laughter and love. Chief mourners at the Church of St John the Apostle in Knocknacarra included […]
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