Soccer player fighting for his life after roof collapses

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15/05/2005, 10:45 PM
joeSoap

Soccer player fighting for his life after roof collapses

:( An international soccer star is this evening fighting for his life after a freak accident when a roof collapsed under him on Friday night.
The family of 23 year old Shane Brennan from Newtownforbes, in County Longford, have kept a bedside vigil over the weekend at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar.

Mr Brennan played with the Irish Technical and Private Colleges soccer team for the past three years, and saw international duty in Cyprus and Spain, and was aiming for a place in the combined Irish Colleges team which competes in the World Student Games in Turkey this summer.

He is a student at Dublin Institute of Technology and is currently on the books of Athlone Town FC.
15/05/2005, 10:48 PM
�anna

best wishes to him and hope he has a speedy recovery
15/05/2005, 10:54 PM
Anto McC

I'll be praying for him. :(
16/05/2005, 12:23 AM
Neish

Best wishes
16/05/2005, 8:11 AM
Ash

Our thoughts are with Mousey and his family.
16/05/2005, 8:20 AM
fosterdollar

Sadly, Shane passed away yesterday afternoon after some time on life support. He is survived by his parents, John Joe and Margaret, his brother, Stephen, and of course his many relatives and friends.

I'll miss you mate, RIP
16/05/2005, 9:01 AM
carrickharp

Rip :(
16/05/2005, 9:29 AM
Roo69

RIP.

I've recently and still am going through the cruel pain of loosing a loved one, my heart truely go out to all of his family, relatives and friends at this very tough moment.

I'm very sorry for your loss.
16/05/2005, 9:34 AM
joeSoap

Tragic.

Tragic. :(
16/05/2005, 9:49 AM
Neish

Sad news.

Rest in Peace
16/05/2005, 9:56 AM
EnDai

R.i.p
16/05/2005, 9:59 AM
centre mid

My condolences to all Shanes' family and friends

Such a tragedy
16/05/2005, 10:41 AM
harpskid

Thoughts and prayers with his family and friends.

RIP
16/05/2005, 10:56 AM
swinfordfc

R.i.p.

May be rest in peace
16/05/2005, 11:13 AM
Nibzer

Sad news.. R.I.P :(
16/05/2005, 11:23 AM
Redzer

Very sad news indeed, our thoughts and prayers to his family and friends. Also to all his mates at Athlone Town F.C. May he rest in peace.
16/05/2005, 12:09 PM
�anna

Very very sad. My condolences
16/05/2005, 12:24 PM
blutil

R.i.p.
16/05/2005, 12:39 PM
Aberdonian Stu

My condolences to his family.
16/05/2005, 1:08 PM
gufct

R.I.P. Condolences to his family, friends and Teamates at ATFC.
16/05/2005, 1:31 PM
strangeirish

R.I.P.
16/05/2005, 2:58 PM
aido_b

Athlone vs Galway this Friday is off as a mark of respect to Shane Brennan,

RIP
16/05/2005, 4:07 PM
fitzlsperger

Shane truly was a genuinely nice guy, he'd always make the time to stop and have a chat with you. He will be sadly missed by everyone that knew him. My condolences to his family and may he rest in peace.
16/05/2005, 7:08 PM
Kerry Blue

Such a terrible tragedy.
My condolences to his family and friends.
May he rest in peace.
16/05/2005, 7:30 PM
DruggyDrog

R.i.p
16/05/2005, 7:38 PM
hamish

Gutted by the news. My condolences to his family, the team, my Athlone Foot.ie friends and the club.
16/05/2005, 7:45 PM
atfconline

RTE did have it Hamish. They just had it in the news part, not in the sport.
16/05/2005, 8:00 PM
hamish

Quote:

Originally Posted by atfconline

RTE did have it Hamish. They just had it in the news part, not in the sport.

Thanks for that,man. I missed the news section so I'll edit out the criticism to be fair. Hope you're keeping up.
16/05/2005, 8:18 PM
CollegeTillIDie

Tragic loss of life especially for someone who had so much to look forward to.
Condolences to his entire family his friends in Newtownforbes, his Athlone Town team-mates, his DIT team-mates and his Irish International Combined Universities and Colleges squad mates. However the Irish squad does at the World Student Games will no longer matter.
Rest In Peace.
16/05/2005, 9:07 PM
hamish

Beautifully put, CTIF, you're a gent. :)
17/05/2005, 8:41 AM
joeSoap

I hope it was acknowledged by a minutes silence at Turners Cross last night and is recognised at every game this weekend. And that hopefully the Eircom League or PFAI will see to organising a benefit game for his family.
17/05/2005, 2:21 PM
BobtheDrog

R.i.p.
17/05/2005, 5:12 PM
hamish

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeSoap

I hope it was acknowledged by a minutes silence at Turners Cross last night and is recognised at every game this weekend. And that hopefully the Eircom League or PFAI will see to organising a benefit game for his family.

Sure was joeSoap - great credit to City and Ports fans. Class fans. :)
17/05/2005, 10:06 PM
Martinho II

the removal was packed . a lot of our ex-panel from 4 years ago along with Stephen Kenny attended. The Athlone squad and management and from Monaghan also made it there. Not many of our current squad were there? assume themselves and Matthews will attend tommorrow? strange that really :confused:
18/05/2005, 11:46 AM
hamish

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARTINHO II

the removal was packed . a lot of our ex-panel from 4 years ago along with Stephen Kenny attended. The Athlone squad and management and from Monaghan also made it there. Not many of our current squad were there? assume themselves and Matthews will attend tommorrow? strange that really :confused:

I'm sure they'll make their sympathies known at some stage. Great to see that so many turned out. God help his poor family too.
18/05/2005, 12:18 PM
JoeSemi

A terrible loss. A great lad who'll be missed by anyone that had the pleasure of knowing him. My deep condolences to all those close to shane, especially his family, friends and teamates.

Rest in Peace
18/05/2005, 5:01 PM
Bosco

Funeral was packed today.There was a guard of honour by LTFC outside the catherdral with the management,first team players,under-age players and members of the board and supporters clubs attending.Also the entire Athlone team attended.

Rest in Peace Mousey