Priest who administered last rites tells of his shock

FATHER Mick Murphy, parish priest in Ballyphehane in Cork, who was asked to administer the last rites to the six people who died in the air crash on Thursday said he was unprepared for the tragedy and shocked by it.

Fr Murphy said he heard about the accident when a friend phoned him.

“I phoned the airport and they asked me to go up. I cycled up as there were a lot of cars around.