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Head of donor unit who saved countless lives by organising transplants will save will save a handful more with her own organs after she was killed in a car crash
Siobhan Brosnan died in hospital on Easter Sunday after her jeep collided with a car on Friday in Adare, Ireland
The other driver, Mary Barry, a woman in her fifties from Tralee, was pronounced dead at the scene
Brosnan was the organ donation nurse manager for the UL Hospitals Group which described her as a wonderful, esteemed, elegant colleague
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Search By Live95 News Team A woman killed in a tragic Limerick road crash will be laid to rest on Thursday.
Siobhán Shanahan (née Brosnan), who was in her 40s and an organ donation nurse manager for the UL Hospitals Group, died on Easter Sunday following a two vehicle collision in Adare on Good Friday.
The driver of the car Mary Barry, aged in her 50s and from Tralee, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Siobhán is survived by her husband Patrick, sister Mary, brother Bill and extended family.
She ll be laid to rest on Thursday at Killehenny Cemetery in Ballybunion following a private funeral in St. John s Church at 1pm
BREAKING: Second woman tragically dies following Limerick road crash
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TRAGIC news has been confirmed this Easter Sunday that a second woman has died following a County Limerick road crash.
The driver of the car, a woman aged in her 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene. She has been named as Mary Barry, a mother-of-four from Tralee.
The driver of the jeep, a woman aged in her 40s, was taken to University Hospital Limerick with serious injuries.
Gardai confirmed this Sunday evening that she has since passed away.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses, particularly any road users who may have camera footage, to come forward.
The two-car collision happened on Good Friday close to Adare.
Siobhan Brosnan, who was in her forties and originally from Ballybunion, was driving a jeep that was involved in a collision with a car around 3pm on Good Friday on the Limerick side of Adare village on the N21 at Kilgobbin.
The nurse, who was married and working in Limerick, was taken to University Hospital Limerick with serious injuries and passed away yesterday.
The driver of the car, Mary Barry, a mother-of-four in her fifties from Tralee, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.
Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses, particularly any road users who may have camera footage, to come forward.