A TEENAGE girl was killed instantly when a makeshift sleigh travelling at almost 60km/h down a steep slope collided with a tree following heavy snowfall last winter.

THE best friend of the teenager killed in a sledding accident in Cork at the weekend attended her funeral Mass in a wheelchair yesterday.

SHE was looking forward to her first teenage disco this weekend, had just got tickets to see Rihanna in concert next year and was being tipped to play international ladies’ soccer for Ireland.

FRIENDS of tragic Aoife Downey got to say a special goodbye to her last night.

TRIBUTES poured in last night for teenager Aoife Downey who was killed in a tragic sledging accident in Cork at the weekend.