First road victim of decade laid to rest

MOURNERS who attended the funeral Mass yesterday of the first road victim of 2010 heard of a gloom over a Co Limerick community, the like of which had not been seen for many years.

Noel Hayes, 26, a single man, died following an accident near his home at Clounties, Ballyhahill, during the early hours of New Year’s Day.

He had dropped friends home from a New Year’s Eve party and was about a half mile from his home when his car skidded off an icy road.