The funeral of Aoife Beary has been told she didn't allow the tragedy of the balcony collapse in Berkeley to define her life.
She passed away on New Year's Day after suffering a series of health problems following the accident in California in 2015.
The 27 year-old lost six of her friends when an apartment balcony fell away while they celebrated her 21st birthday.
Aoife's uncle and godfather James O'Doherty spoke during her funeral mass in Dublin this morning:
"No parents should have to endure a phone call summoning us to the other side of the world to take care of our sick child, to nurse her back to health. No parent should have to worry about her recovery. No parent should have to be anxious about her future. No parent should have to bury their child."
