Vigil takes place for four people injured in County Kildare crash
A vigil was held in County Carlow for a family seriously injured in a fatal head-on collision on the M9 motorway. The crash, which involved a car driving the wrong way, resulted in the deaths of five teenagers.
Why it matters
The tragedy has deeply affected the local community and sparked national mourning in Ireland.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Hayley Halpin BBC News NI PA Media The vigil took place at St Clare's Church in Graiguecullen A vigil has taken place in County Carlow for the family injured in the crash on the M9 in the Republic of Ireland last weekend.
Five teenagers were killed in a head-on crash while they were driving the wrong way down the motorway in County Kildare in the early hours of Sunday.
Three women and a seven-year-old boy remain in hospital where they are being treated for serious injuries.
It is believed the injured family were travelling to the airport to go on holiday when the crash happened.
The vigil took place at St Clare's Church in Graiguecullen.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ News reported the church was full and some people had been accommodated in the nearby parish centre where the vigil was live streamed.
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