Girl, 13, dies in road accident

A SCHOOLGIRL killed in a road accident yesterday played for her county in a packed Croke Park on All-Ireland Football final day, it emerged last night.

Máire Hourigan, 13, who was struck by a car on her way to get a bus to school, was a member of the Limerick Primary Schools Team that took part in a half time game during the Kerry-Tyrone All-Ireland final.

The accident happened near Ballyneety on the outskirts of the city. Máire was crossing a road around 8am to get a bus to Laurel Hill secondary school in Limerick city. She had only left the family home at Carrigmartin, near the Cats Cradle public house when the accident happened.