Josh Dunne was stabbed in East Wall on Dublin’s north side on Tuesday night, leaving the 16-year-old’s family shattered and his many friends and soccer teammates numbed. The crowd released hundreds of balloons in his honour; most of them orange and black, the colours of St Kevin’s Boys where, by all accounts, Josh was a star. Others were dressed in St Kevin’s tracksuits and burned orange flares in the middle of the crowd. Photograph: Nick BradshawMark Tierney, Josh’s team’s manager, spoke to The Irish Times on behalf of St Kevin’s. “He signed for St Kevin’s when he was 14 years old; I signed him in.

Source: The Irish Times January 28, 2021 18:44 UTC