Cyclist (15) killed in Co Carlow road accident named

Gardaí have named the 15-year-old cyclist who was killed in a road accident in Co Carlow yesterday as Micheal Keogh of Williamstown…

Gardaí have named the 15-year-old cyclist who was killed in a road accident in Co Carlow yesterday as Micheal Keogh of Williamstown, Rathvilly from the county.

The boy died after his bicycle was hit by a car at about 5.30pm at Haroldstown near Tullow.

He was removed to St Luke's hospital in Kilkenny.

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