Families united in grief after work friends die in crash

TWO families were united in grief last night after two friends who worked together died together in a crash minutes after setting off for work.

James (Jimmy) McAuliffe, 39, and Gerard O’Keeffe, 25, both from Newmarket in Co Cork, will be buried tomorrow after funeral masses — one after the other.

Gerard, a talented carpenter, and Jimmy, a devoted father of four were on their way to work on a building site in Charleville early yesterday morning.