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THE county’s roads have claimed their first life of 2009, as a 35-year- old man was killed when his motor- bike collided with a ditch on the out- skirts of Ennis at the weekend.
Michael McInerney, a native of Caher in east Clare, was killed in a single vehicle accident, on the Kildysart road, just two miles from Ennis, shortly before lunchtime on Saturday.
He was pronounced dead at Ennis General Hospital at 1.55pm.
It is understood that the driver lost control of the vehicle, before hitting the ditch. He had been travelling to- wards Kildysart at the time of the crash.
Mr McInerney, a_ father-of-one, lived in the Cahercalla area of En- nis. He hailed from a much respected family in Caher.
A tradesman by profession, he had an extensive interest in motorbikes. He will be laid to rest tomorrow.
Mr McInerney was one of four peo- ple to loose their lives on the coun- try’s roads at the weekend.
Three people died in two separate road accidents in County Tipperary Oye LUN ACer-NA