Gardaí name victims of Carlow canoeing accident

The two men who died in a drowning accident on the River Barrow in south Co Carlow yesterday evening have been named.

They were 34-year-old Martin Roche who was from Rockingham Court, Ferrybank, Co Waterford and 27-year-old Noel Byrne from Partrition, in Kilteegan in Co Wicklow.