Neighbours in shock as childhood friends die

Even though they had just moved into the area, the young couple renting the dormer cottage on Abbey Lane in Kinsale, Co Cork, bought a baby present for their neighbours when their son was born four weeks ago.

“We had introduced ourselves when they moved in and we thought it was very nice the way they came over with the present for baby Donnacha,” said Colin McCarthy. “It is very, very sad. They were a lovely young couple.”

There was shock around Mandeville Terrace that Michael Coleman, a chemical engineer, and his friend Liam Coffey could die after a suspected drug overdose.