Mikey's family grateful for community support

The family of Mikey Leddy have expressed their gratitude to everyone (young and old) in Navan and beyond who have shared their grief recently.

The family are aware of tonight's planned gatheringto remember Mikey in the People's Park in Johnstown and have asked that all present please respect the local residents, and that no alcohol be consumed by underage teenagers.

A post on the Coláiste na Mí parents/pupils FB page says the family  are forever grateful that so many thought so fondly of Mikey, and it has helped them immensely to cope at such a difficult time.

Tributes continue to pour in for Mikey, the 15 year old Navan teenager who died on Tuesday following a fall in Lanzarote in the early hours of Monday morning.
Mikey's friends will gathering in his memory on Thursday evening in the People's Park in Johnstown at 9pm. 
Johnstown Football Club will also be holding a minutes silence in Mikey's memory on Friday evening in the park at 8pm for all club members and the wider community. Club members are encouraged to wear their team jerseys.
Johnstown FC  tweeted: "It is with great sadness our own Mikey Leddy has passed away this afternoon, the tragic event that has happened in the last 48 hours has shocked us all. We would ask that everyone remembers Mikey for the champion he was and his fighting spirit. RIP Mikey Leddy."

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The Navan teenager was critically injured in a fall in Lanzarote on Monday and died yesterday in hospital in Las Palmas.
Emergency services were called to Avenida de las Playas in the resort of Puerto del Carmen early on Monday morning where they found the youth with a serious head injury after falling from the top of a wall. He was brought to the Jose Molina Orosa Hospital in Las Palmas.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it is providing consular assistance.

Friends of 15 year-old Mikey have been paying tribute to him on social media. They had been supporting him online since the incident on Monday.
Mikey was a popular member of Navan O'Mahonys at underage level and had travelled to Feile, and also played soccer as part of the Kennedy Cup NECSL squad in the past.
One of a family of four, he was on holiday with his parents, Aisling and Damien, and is believed to have suffered a serious head injury after falling from a wall early on Monday morning in Puerto del Carmen.
Tributes poured in for the teenager last night with his club, Navan O'Mahony's among the first to express their shock and sadness.
"Navan O'Mahony's wish to express our profound sadness and shock at the tragic passing of Mikey Leddy. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the Leddy family and Mikey's many friends and teammates." 
St Colmcilles added: "Thoughts and prayers of everyone at the Cilles are with the Leddy and @NavanOMahonysfamilies tonight. Mikey graced Piltown and Seafield on numerous occasions and was a credit to his family and club. So so sad. Ar dheis go raibh a ainim."