Funeral of child (4) who died in Sligo caravan park to take place on Monday

The funeral takes place on Monday of four-year-old Alice Kitty Dunleavy, who died on Friday after being hit by a car in a caravan park in Enniscrone, Co Sligo.

Alice’s funeral will take place at St Muredach’s Cathedral in her home town of Ballina, Co Mayo, on Monday morning, with the funeral proceeding to a local cemetery.

She was on holidays with her family at the Atlantic Caravan Park when she was seriously injured in an incident involving a car.

Emergency services and gardaí were called to the scene on Friday afternoon, after the car reversed into the young girl. She was rushed to University Hospital Sligo afterwards but later died.