Couple back safety drive after tragedy

A young couple whose lives were shattered by a freak tragedy have become the public face of a campaign to keep late-night revellers safe on Irish roads.

Michael Jackson of Ballycastle, Co Mayo, and a friend were separately driving vans, in tandem, towards Killala at 3am on June 10, last year, when Mr Jackson noticed something lying on the dark road ahead. He tried to avoid it but felt a slight bump and continued on to Killala.

When he pulled up, he noticed that the front bumper was damaged on the driver’s side and his friend also recalled feeling a slight bump as he had followed behind Michael. Both men immediately returned to where the incident had occurred.