Tributes to teen killed in sledge tragedy

TRIBUTES poured in last night for teenager Aoife Downey who was killed in a tragic sledging accident in Cork at the weekend.

Counselling will be offered to her school friends today as her family makes final preparations to bury her, just days before Christmas.

Aoife suffered fatal injuries when the board on which she and three friends were sliding went out of control on a steep hill and collided at speed with a tree on the grounds of Frankfield Golf Club, on the outskirts of the city, on Saturday afternoon.