Gardaí appeal for witnesses and Simon Harris pays tribute to first responders after two-vehicle collision on Saturday
Ireland is in mourning after a road crash killed five people in their early 20s and left three other people injured.
The two-vehicle collision happened at about 9pm on Saturday on a road near Dundalk in County Louth.
Police said the five people who died – three men and two women – were on their way to Dundalk when their Volkswagen Golf collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser on the Ardee road at Gibstown.
A sixth occupant in the Golf, a male, survived and was being treated for non-life threatening injuries on Sunday, as were the two occupants of the Land Cruiser, a male and a female.
