Masses held for two friends killed in road accident

PRAYERS were said at Masses in Waterford city yesterday for two young men who were killed instantly when the Volkswagen Polo they were travelling in was involved in a head-on crash with a Ford Mondeo.

Lee Salkeld, a 26-year-old father of a five-month-old child, and his friend, 24-year-old Brendan Donnelly, were killed instantly in the crash, which occurred near Castlemartyr, Co Cork, at 2.45am last Monday.

The men were on their way to Cork Airport with their partners to catch a flight for a holiday in Amsterdam.