Overview
- Funeral Masses for teacher Chloe McGee, 23, and plumber Shay Duffy, 21, were held in Carrickmacross on Saturday as communities paid tribute to their lives.
- Services for Alan McCluskey, 23, in Drumconrath and for Dylan Commins, 23, in Ardee took place on Friday with large turnouts and personal memorials.
- A separate fatal crash on Ardee’s Main Street near Commins’ funeral route left an elderly man dead, prompted road closures and forced a reroute of the cortège.
- The sixth occupant of the Volkswagen Golf has been discharged from hospital, while the man and woman in the other vehicle continue to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
- Gardaí are carrying out a technical and forensic examination and have appealed for witnesses and any camera footage to assist the investigation.