A jury at the inquest into the death of two young men killed in a car crash in Co Cork two years ago has returned a verdict of death by misadventure in each case.

A Cork woman whose 21st birthday is next week was found not guilty today of dangerous driving causing the death of two young men in North Cork in August of last year but she said afterwards that she would live with what had happened for the rest of her life.

A young driver lost control of her car as it zigzagged on a country road and crashed into a wall after passing another car with the result that two young men travelling with her were killed, it was claimed today by eyewitnesses in her trial by judge and jury.

Gardaí investigating the deaths of two young men in a road accident in north Cork last weekend are preparing a file for the DPP.

A TIGHTKNIT village was left wondering yesterday how much more grief they could take as they gathered for the second time in 24 hours to bury a young member of their community.

THE true horror of Ireland’s continued road carnage was nowhere more apparent than in Cork yesterday where tears streamed down the faces of mourners at the funeral of a young man cut down in his prime.

GARDAÍ hope to shed more light on the cause of a crash that killed two young men when they interview the driver of the car and two surviving passengers.

IBM today announced a €400,000 investment in university research, with Smurfit School, University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) being the benefactors.

WITH both schools safely through to the knock-out stages after Christmas, tomorrow’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí clash between Douglas CS and Coláiste Chriost Rí at Bishopstown (1.30 pm) is purely to determine who tops the group.

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