Gardaí probe whether speed played part in men’s deaths

Gardaí are investigating if speed was a factor in the death of two young men in a single-vehicle car crash in Blanchardstown, north Dublin, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The two deceased were named locally as Simon Hand, aged 24, and Dean Cullen, aged 21, both from the Blanchardstown area.

Mr Hand, from Huntstown, was the driver of the ‘03 red mini, while Mr Cullen, from Mount Symon Green, was in the passenger seat.