Friends laid to rest

IN one church a yellow, toy digger was placed before the altar, symbolising the life of a young man tragically taken before his time.

Just six miles away, another congregation heard a touching story of another young man’s love of cars.

Both Christy O’Connor, 25, of Listowel, Co Kerry, and James Culhane, 30, of nearby Moyvane, loved all things mechanical and had earned their livelihoods working machines.