Community in shock after triple road fatality

AN eerie silence was evident around roads in Donaghmede yesterday afternoon as children who would normally be allowed play outdoors were kept inside by their parents.

Local residents around the Donahies estate where Peter O’Rourke, 18, Anthony Murphy, 18, and 21-year-old Aston Ryan hung out together, were visibly upset as news of the accident filtered swiftly through the close-knit community.

Most declined to talk to reporters as they tried to make sense of the manner in which the three young men with bright futures had their lives taken away in a fleeting moment when their car hit an ESB pole near Sutton.