Irish family business repatriates remains of Portuguese MMA star who died in Dublin fight

The body of Portuguese mixed martial arts fighter João Carvalho, who tragically died following a fight at Ireland’s national boxing stadium earlier this month, has been returned home to Portugal courtesy of a benevolent family-run undertakers business in Rush, County Dublin.

The remains of tragic João Carvalho were due to have arrived back in Portugal on the night of Thursday 21 April.

Eamonn Fitzgerald, who owns and runs Fitzgeralds Funeral Directors along with his daughter Edwina and son Justin, told The Portugal News on Thursday morning that the body was due to be flown from Dublin to Lisbon on a flight that evening.

The flight was expected to land in the Portuguese capital at approximately 9.20pm.

