The victim has been named locally as 28-year-old James McNeive who was from Knock in Co Mayo
Tributes are being paid to a talented footballer who lost his life following a road crash near Drumcliffe in County Sligo on Sunday.
The dead man has been named locally as James McNeive who was from Knock in County Mayo. Mr McNeive worked as a primary school teacher in Dublin and more recently in Gortskehy National School in Hollymount in Mayo.READ MORE - Man, 50s, killed in single vehicle horror smash "We are in shock today at the death of James McNeive. He was a genuine young man, outgoing and the life and soul of his community and of his friends. I want to express my sincere sympathy to his mother Bernadette and his brothers Michael and Mathew and to the entire McNeive and Sweeney families at this very tough time."
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