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Tue 05 May 2004Man pleads for forgiveness of victim's familyA 19-year-old man whose dangerous driving led to the death of his girlfriend, an All-Ireland winning women's GAA footballer, made a dramatic plea to her family for forgiveness at the inquest into her death yesterday.David Reilly, from Ayle, Westport, Co Mayo, told the hearing into the death of Ms Aisling McGing (18), from Killawalla, Westport, that she was not his first friend to be killed on the roads.