Three tearful teenage girls gave graphic details of the night they were trapped in a car rapidly filling with icy water after it plunged upside down into a river while they were being driven to a disco.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has paid an emotional tribute to his late mother, saying it was a privilege to have had her in his life for so long.

FIVE people died in crashes on Irish roads over the weekend.

A night out at a disco for four teenage girls ended in tragedy when a 14-year-old and her mother were killed in a car crash.