Michael became interested in photography when a friend taught him how to develop black and white pictures. He brought his first camera at 14, having saved up for it for a year. It cost £3.26.

Gardaí are advising motorists to drive with extreme care on the M11 Dublin/Wexford Rd due to black ice, especially heading southbound from Newtown Mount Kennedy to the Arklow exit.

The scene of a crash in which a father-of-two and a teenager lost their lives was like a bomb site, an inquest heard tonight.