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Boy, 13, dies after quad bike crash near Newry

Family handout Tiarnán Trainor wearing blue jeans, green shirt tucked into belt, and a green coat, stood against a wallFamily handout

Tiarnán was “much loved and popular,” his school says

Tributes have been paid to a 13-year-old boy who died after a quad bike crash near Newry.

Tiarnán Trainor was injured in the incident on Low Road just outside Killeavy on Thursday.

He was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast but later died from his injuries.

St Paul’s High School in Bessbrook described Tiarnán as a “much loved and popular year 10 pupil” who had recently been elected to serve on its student council.

Several candles beside a framed photograph of Tiarnan Trainor, he is wearing a red school blazer and tie

St Paul’s has opened its oratory for pupils to come together and mourn the loss

In a statement, the school said Tiarnán had “an infectious personality” and was well known throughout the school as a “lorry fanatic”.

It announced that the school oratory would be open on Saturday and Sunday for pupils and their families to come together to remember Tiarnán.

“Following the return of pupils to school next week, the Education Authority’s Critical…

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