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Funeral details announced for young Irish couple killed in Spain road tragedy

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Their car plunged 100 feet into a ravine off the A7 motorway in Malaga last month

An Irish couple who tragically lost their lives in a road tragedy in Spain will be laid to rest this Thursday.

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Michaela Newcombe, Amy McCullagh and her brother-in-law Mark McCullagh, who were all from Mullingar in Co Westmeath, died when their car plunged 100 feet into a ravine off the A7 motorway in Malaga in the early hours of Sunday morning, June 28.

Mark’s brother, Ian McCullagh, 35, who was married to Amy, was seriously injured but survived the horror crash. He remains critically ill in hospital in Spain, reports the Irish Mirror.

Michaela will lay in repose at Gilsenan’s Funeral Home in Westmeath on Wednesday from 3.30pm concluding with prayers at 6.30pm.

Her funeral mass will take place on Thursday at 11am in the Cathedral of Christ the King in Mullingar followed by cremation at Lakelands Crematorium Cavan at 2.30pm.

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Mark will lay in repose at the family home at 231, Greenpark Meadows on Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm. His family have requested the house be private at all other times.

His funeral mass will also take place on Thursday at 2pm in the Cathedral of Christ the King followed by burial in Ballyglass Cemetery.

The heartbroken families of Michaela, Mark and Amy have also united in an emotional appeal asking people to support the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust, which is helping bring their loved ones home so they can be laid to rest.

Their grieving families are asking people to support the trust, whose vital work helps return the remains of Irish people who die overseas, giving grieving families the chance to bring their loved ones home.

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