Talented young hurler killed in Kilkenny crash

20-year-old Martin Burke from Urlingford was fatally injured in the early hours of Friday morning.

Gardaí in Freshford are investigating a fatal road traffic incident that occurred on the R693 at Tobernapaiste, Freshford, Kilkenny in the early hours of Friday morning in which a talented young hurler lost his life.

One male passenger was fatally injured. His body was removed from the scene to St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny where a postmortem took place on Saturday.