Couple en route to funeral dies in crash

A HUSBAND and wife on their way to a funeral with an American relative were among five people killed on the nation’s roads over the weekend.

The couple were named locally yesterday as Paddy and Nicola Kelly, from Summerhill in Athlone, Co Roscommon.

Their deaths pushed the death toll on the nation’s road so far this year over the 345 mark - almost 20 more than the same time last year.