Update: Friends who died on Christmas Day after jeep swept away in Mayo river were 'inseparable'

Two agricultural workers who died after their vehicle was swept away in a flooded river on Christmas Day were inseparable, a relative said.

Update: Friends who died on Christmas Day after jeep swept away in Mayo river were 'inseparable'
Davitt, 26, 

Update 4.17pm: Two agricultural workers who died after their vehicle was swept away in a flooded river on Christmas Day were inseparable, a relative said.

Childhood friends Declan Davitt, 26, and Martin Needham, 27, were in the 4x4 when it entered the Carrowniskey River in Co Mayo in the far west of Ireland in the early hours of the morning.

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