THE distraught mother of two brothers killed in a horror crash outside Killarney, Co Kerry, shortly after 7am yesterday, said she could not believe they were gone.

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.

A man is to appear in court later this year in connection with the deaths of five people in a car crash, it was announced today.