The mother of a 21-year-old man killed in an horrific crash in Co Donegal five years ago has said Sunday's collision - in which eight people died - "brings it all back".

Families members of two of the five young people who died in one of the worst car accidents in the history of the State have today settled their High Court action for more than €400,000.

Community leaders in Buncrana, Co Donegal, today appealed for action to cut the number of young people dying in road accidents as hundreds gathered for the funerals of those killed in last weekend’s tragic crash.