Two men die in 3-car crash in Cork

GARDAÍ were last night attempting to confirm the identities of two young eastern European men, understood to be from Moldova, who were killed in an horrific high-speed crash south of Cork city.

The three-car smash occurred 24 hours after a 21-year-old man died less than five miles away. Another young man was killed later last night in Co Clare, bringing to five the number of people who have died on the roads since Friday.

The first of the three young men killed was 21-year-old Timmy Hayes from Ash Road, Fota Rock, Carrigtwohill, who suffered fatal injuries when the car he was travelling in crashed at Bridgemount near Carrigaline on Saturday. Four other occupants of the car, all in their early 20s, were taken to Cork University Hospital with minor injuries.