Farrell lover´s ex kills himself

THE ex-boyfriend of COLIN FARRELL’s new girl killed himself after she started going out with the star, it was revealed yesterday.

John Marc Knight, 22, was said to have been “devastated” when fellow student Muireann McDonnell fell for the Irish film star.

Two months later he committed suicide. Last night stunning brunette Muireann, 21, was said to be still battling to come to terms with the tragedy.

The pair had already split when she met Phone Booth actor Farrell, 30, over Christmas.

Before that she and John had been a “really good couple”, according to friends. One source said: “They’d been going out for some time and gone travelling.

“They had done Australia and all that. Everything really looked like it was going well.”

Following their split at Christmas, John briefly hooked up with another girl.

Farrell met Muireann when he went to a party at a bar in Dalkey, near Dublin — opposite the gourmet food store where she worked.

A pal of John’s said: “They must have hit it off immediately. They began to go out. John was devastated.”

The former altar boy was found dead in February at his home. He had just finished his college exams — and the day before had joined pals to watch Ireland’s rugby clash with France.

A source close to Muireann confirmed she had been left shattered. The friend said: “She is having trouble coping with this.”

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