‘It doesn’t make sense that I won’t see you again’

Meg Johnston was remembered with fondness and laughter yesterday but, once the music started, the chords and notes amplified the feelings of loss and grief at a young life cut short.

Mourners packed Abbeystrewry Church in the centre of Skibbereen town yesterday, marking the death of the 22-year-old who seemed to have packed a lot into her young life before it was ended in a devastating car crash in the early hours of Monday.

The incident also left one of her friends fighting for life in Cork University Hospital.