Community in shock after friends die in river tragedy

One of the men who died after the car he was travelling in was swept along a river on Christmas morning had already lost a sister in a drowning accident a number of years ago.

Community in shock after friends die in river tragedy
Wed, 27 Dec, 2017 - 00:00
Noel Baker

A Garda investigation into the deaths of the two friends, named Declan Davitt, aged 26, and Martin Needham, 27, is continuing.

The men died when a four-wheel drive was crossing the Carrowniskey River near Louisburgh in Co Mayo at approximately 2.30am on Christmas Day.

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