News about Max Wall

In a Turkish moped crash, a father and his son, ten, were killed as a result of a 'final errand' before heading home to Ireland

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 19, 2023
An Irishman and his ten-year-old son, who died in a moped crash in Turkey, were 'carrying out a final errand' before returning to Ireland after being knocked down and killed. On Monday afternoon, Eoin Fitzpatrick, 36, and his son Dylan died after a bus crashed into them in Alanya's tourist district. Eoin's other son, a 15-year-old boy, remains in Turkey with his father and her children. The boy's mother is currently on her way to Turkey to help with the repatriation of her child and former partner's bodies. On the D-400 highway in the Kargicak District, which was traveling from Alanya to Mersin, the father and son's moped collided with a bus, according to Turkish media.

As the 'absolute gem' adolescent is laid to rest, tragically the Irish student's beloved dogs join mourners

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 12, 2023
According to Monsignor CiarĂ¡n O'Carroll, Andrew O'Donnell (inset), an 18-year-old with a "kind spirit" and a "sense of humour" that could lighten the darkest of days, was bid farewell by a grieving congregation at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, Dublin, this morning. Bebhinn, Andrew's mother, was seen clutching the parish priest in an anglishing embrace outside the church, while Marnie and Maisie, Andrew's two dogs, waited patiently in tow. (left). O'Carroll said the room was packed with mourners gathering to pay their respects to the young man whose "untimely death had left all of us shocked and sad." Friends of Andrew's funeral Mass (right) brought elements of his life, including sports paraphernalia, a Kanye West album, and a dog lead, a touching tribute to his admiration for his golden retrievers. O'Donnell's funeral Mass took place two days after his friend Max Wall, 18, was laid to rest at the same church.

'He was a power of nature,' the parents of an Irish student who died on a Greek holiday island.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 10, 2023
Max Wall, 18, tragically died within hours after finding out that his missing schoolmate Andrew O'Donnell, 18, had been discovered dead after a night out. Niall, a boy from south Dublin, told mourners at a funeral service in Donnybrook on Monday that he was "robbed of a promising future." Max was full of life... He had a burning desire to see the world and experience as much of it as he could.' Max was an amazing brother to Charlie, and they were some of the best friends ever.' "We will love him forever," he said.'

The details of a tragic Irish student's last hours before he sustained fatal injuries in Ios have been revealed by police

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 7, 2023
Andrew O'Donnell, 18, had been socializing with friends at a number of venues throughout the evening before deciding to call it a night at 1.30 a.m. It was then, as he tried to return to his hotel digs alone in the darkness that he seemed to have lost his way and crashed on uneven ground outside the hotel's visible location. Max Wall, Andrew's younger brother and classmate, was assisting in the hunt for him in the hours before his body was discovered the next day. After learning that Andrew had been discovered dead, Max collapsed and died shortly thereafter. Andrew's entire story about his evening out that awaited this double tragedy has now appeared in a police paper based on interviews with numerous witnesses.

Funerals of Irish teenagers who died on the Greek island of Aragon will be held in the same church, according to the families

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 7, 2023
Thousands are expected to attend Max Wall's (right) and friend Andrew O'Donnell (left) services at the same Dublin church, The Church of the Sacred Heart Donnybrook (inset). Max's first funeral, scheduled on Monday, will be for him. 'With his death, the world has lost a little bit of color,' Max's family said.' 'Max, with a larger than life personality, brought a lot of joy to his families and relatives, and to those who came in contact with him,' they said in a funeral notice.

On Ios, an eerie moment for Irish students lined the street to elect a guard of honour

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 6, 2023
Hundreds of students lined a road leading to the island's port as the bodies of Andrew O'Donnell (top left) and Max Wall (top right), both 18, were taken aboard a ferry for Athens so that a post-mortem could be carried out to determine their exact cause of death. The two young men who tragically lost their lives also studied, but heads bowed solemnly. Many of the students were pupils of St Michael's College, Dublin. During a post-exams holiday to Ios, they were part of a larger group of students from all Ireland, marking the end of secondary education. Some of the students received yellow roses on the hearses of their friendship, while others wept as their bodies were transported from Ios Health Centre to the port, a short distance away on Tuesday.

Photograph: In Greece, an Irish student, 18, was discovered dead on a mountain slope

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 5, 2023
Andrew O'Donnell (bottom-left), 18, was discovered dead in swath of land just below a famous five-star hotel (left) and overlooking the port of Ios, one of Greece's busiest tourist attractions. Officers first searched the area on Sunday morning after being told by Andrew's relatives that he had gone missing after being separated from them while they were in Ios port, where there are bars and restaurants. Andrew's body was discovered around 1 p.m. later that day, and they returned to the area later that day. He was rushed to Ios Health Center, the island's only hospital, which is yards away from where he was pronounced dead. Max Wall (bottom-right) collapsed and died at the entrance to a narrow alley (right) in the Ios port area at 2 p.m. on Sunday, just an hour after news of Andrew's death broke. According to reports, the youngster had a history of heart disease and had spent the day looking for his friend.

On the bodies of Irish students who died on a tragic holiday to Greece's island, there are no signs of foul play

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 5, 2023
Both Andrew O'Donnell (main) and Max Wall (left), both 18, were on a post-exam holiday in Dublin, Ireland's St Michael's College, when tragedy struck. After a night out in Hora, the capital of Ios, O'Donnell is reported to have fallen and struck his head while walking home along some cliffs to his hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning (map inset). On Sunday morning, O'Donnell's body was discovered, and news of his death caused his friend Wall to collapse from shock. The teenagester had a history of heart disease, according to local media. Police had been accused of spiked their drinks, according to earlier reports, but police spokesperson Konstantina Dimoglidou told MailOnline yesterday that any line of inquiry would be determined by the findings of the post-mortem, meaning that no foul play was involved in the boys' deaths.

Irish teen died after spending a day looking for his friend who fell and died on Greek island

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 4, 2023
Max Wall, the main character, died only hours after he had spent a day distraught and mourning for his friend who had stumbled to his death, MailOnline can reveal. Max, 18, was so worried about his close friend Andrew O'Donnell (pictured top right), he went to a Ios print shop and made posters requesting for assistance in finding him. Mr Tim Kelleher, the senior principal of St Michael's College in Dublin, said the local cops decided to begin looking for former student Andrew on Sunday morning when the sun was clearer.

The day of tragedy for Irish rugby: the U-20 team was shocked by the death of the player's father and a young girl who had not been identified by the squad

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 4, 2023
Jack Oliver, one of the team's members, died in a horrific paragliding accident over Cape Town last night. Following the freak accident that resulted in him plummeting into choppy waves, Oliver, 58, a former Scotland rugby international, is thought to have drowned yesterday after being 'bashed against the rocks.' The team is also having to deal with the news of two friends' deaths, Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall (right), who were on holiday on the Greek island of Ios over the weekend.

In Rhodes, a British tourist, 21, is assaulted by a 47-year-old Greek man.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 4, 2023
The woman says she was assaulted around 2 a.m. on Monday and lodged a lawsuit with the local police only hours later, prompting the investigation to be opened. According to Greece's ANT1News, the elderly man took her from a 'health-care store' in Lindos, which is on the island's south, to a hotel in Pefkos, the island's capital, which is just around 15 miles away from Turkey. According to the report, the young British woman claims that the man coerced her to have sex with him through physical assault threats. ANT1News reports that the police asked a medical examiner to conduct an investigation after making her complaint.

In the tragedy on Ios, Greek police are probing whether dead Irish teenagers 'drinks were treated with.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 4, 2023
Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall's deaths are said to have 'traumatized' their families, who are flying home today. When tragedy struck, the teenagers were on a post-exam holiday commemorating the completion of their secondary education. After a night out in Hora, the capital of Ios, O'Donnell is reported to have fallen and struck his head walking home along some cliffs to his hotel in the early hours of Saturday morning. O'Donnell's body was discovered on Sunday morning, and news of his death caused his friend Wall to collapse from shock. According to local media, the youngster had a history of heart disease. The boys' bereaved parents have come to Greece to bring their bodies home.

After the deaths of two Irish classmates from private Catholic school, teenagers from Greece's island

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 4, 2023
Following the tragic deaths of two of their school classmates, hundreds of 'traumatized' and heartbroken students (left at St Michael' College, Dublin) are returning home from Ios, Greece, today and tomorrow. Andrew O'Donnell (bottom right) and Max Wall (top right) and local police announced that separate probes are ongoing into the two 18-year-old classmates' deaths. When tragedy struck, the pair, who were on a post-Leaving Cert holiday with hundreds of others from Dublin's St Michael's College, were devastated.

On Greek holiday, an Irish student from a top private Catholic school 'collapsed and died of shock.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 3, 2023
Andrew O'Donnell (left) and his classmate Max Wall (right) died in separate tragic events over the weekend. O'Donnell is likely fell and struck his head when walking home to his hotel on the Greek island of Ios (left inset) in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to local authorities. Wall collapsed after O'Donnell's body was discovered on Sunday morning after being told of his friend's death, according to local reports, the youngster had a history of heart problems. Flowers have poured in for the two teenagers who just graduated from St Michael's College, a private Catholic school in Dublin, whose headmaster said, 'our hearts are broken,' and families have been plunged into 'deep sadness.' Two separate inquiries into the deaths have been launched by local authorities.

Two Irish teens from the same school die in separate tragic incidents in Greece

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 3, 2023
Andrew O'Donnell, 18, and Max Wall died while holidaying on the Greek island of Ios. They are the second and third Irish nationals to die while holidaying in Greece within a week, prompting an urgent probe by local authorities. O'Donnell and Wall were among a group of 20 classmates who arrived in Greece last week to celebrate their high school graduation. Both bodies were taken from the port city of Piraeaus for twin autopsies in order to determine the precise cause of their deaths.