Mayor sympathises with family of man feared drowned

THE mayor of Co Waterford has extended his sympathies to the family of a man feared drowned after slipping into the River Tiber in Rome.

Vincent (Vinny) Wall from Colligan, Dungarvan, was returning to his hotel in the early hours of Saturday with his friend, David McGrath, 25, when he apparently fell into the river in the Italian capital.

He was in a group of up to 40 people who travelled to Rome on Friday to celebrate the wedding of his childhood friend Johnny Kiely.