Cork family to use donated funds to cover funeral costs for Jamie

THE family of 41-year-old Cork man Jamie Hannigan has raised over €3,500 for his funeral via a fundraiser on GoFundMe.

A search operation for Jamie, who had been missing since December 16, came to an end on Tuesday, following the recovery of a body in Cobh.

Writing on the fundraising platform, Jamie’s sister Louise said: “As many of you are aware my brother Jamie Hannigan was missing for nearly three weeks.

“With so much gratitude to so many services like Cork Missing Person Search and Rescue and Mallow Search and Recovery, because of volunteers and services like these my brother has been found and we can finally lay him to rest, and try to start the process of saying goodbye to him.

“I have set this GoFundMe page up to help Jamie’s family cover the cost of the funeral and to help alleviate the stress on his children and family during an already difficult time.

“Money raised through this GoFundMe will 100% go to funeral costs and if by any chance any money is left over, half will be given to his kids to cover financial needs such as school costs and anything else they need.

“The other half of the money left over will be donated to the search and rescue crews who took him home to us,” she explained, saying “we will be forever in their debt.”

• Those wishing to donate can do so here.