A “cloud of sadness and devastation” hangs over a town in County Tipperary after four young people were killed in a car crash on their way to celebrate their state exam results, reports Breaking News.
Luke McSweeney, 24, his sister Grace McSweeney, 18, Zoe Coffey, 18 and Nicole Murphy, 18, died after the car crashed into a wall in Clonmel and overturned.
The teenagers were going to celebrate after receiving their high school final exam results earlier that day.
The principals of the two schools where the teenagers attended said they had achieved “excellent” results and were looking forward to the next phase of their lives.
President Michael D Higgins and Prime Minister Leo Varadkar were among those expressing their deepest condolences to the family and community.
“For young lives, so full of possibility, to be cut short in this way is truly devastating and heartbreaking. The whole nation mourns them. My sincere condolences to the families and friends of those who have died and the wider community in Clonmel and Tipperary. The thoughts of the whole country are with them, their school and their community,” Mr Varadkar said, reports Breaking News.
Michael O’Loughlin, the principal of Presentation Secondary School where Ms McSweeney and Ms Coffey attended, said the town was “covered in a cloud of sadness and devastation”, and said “no words can express our sorrow, our pain and our grief”, reports Breaking News.
This is heartbreaking news on what should have been a day of enormous celebration and joy for the class of 2023. School communities in Ireland are akin to tight-knit families and I know this morning that staff, students, parents and guardians will be united in their grief and utter devastation at this tragic and sudden loss of life,” Minister for education Norma Foley said, reports Breaking News.
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