The families of the young people who lost their lives in the tragic road accident on 21 October 2006 near Threemilehouse in Co Monaghan sent a message of support and sympathy to the families of the young men who died in Donegal last weekend.

Speaking at the funeral mass for one of the victims, 22 year old Eamonn Mc Daid, Fr John Walsh, the parish priest of Buncrana said the families had received and appreciated the message. Fr Walsh addressed the young people in the congregation saying “You are not indestructible at the age of 22. You are very fragile. All of us are. Life itself is fragile. We have to be careful and even wise if we are to reach adulthood and middle age and old age. There are no guarantees, but care and caution are mighty helps in the effort at holding on to life.I don’t mean to patronise you. When I was your age I too felt indestructible. But none of us is. That’s a plain fact of life. So please, please, please live life on its terms, within its rules and boundaries; otherwise life will be cruel and merciless towards you and towards your family and friends who will have to bear you to the grave.”