Four young men killed in weekend road carnage

FOUR young men became the latest victims of Ireland's road carnage over the weekend.

The dead include two teens, aged 17 and 18, killed in a crash in the early hours of yesterday morning in Clare. They were in a car which went out of control and hit a ditch, then crashed into a field near Lahinch at around 5am.

The names of the young men were not released by gardaí but they are believed to be from the nearby village of Quilty.