Galway road crash victim is named

Gardaí have named the 62-year-old pedestrian who died in a road crash in Co Galway yesterday.

Gardaí have named the 62-year-old pedestrian who died in a road crash in Co Galway yesterday.

He was Michael Farrell from Newtown Ganaveen, Laurencetown.

Mr Farrell died after he was struck by a car at Ohillymore, Laurencetown, Ballinasloe at around 2.15am.

A postmortem examination is due to take place on Monday at Tullamore General Hospital.

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