Horror crash kills 3 brothers and friend

Three young brothers and a friend lost their lives in a head-on crash in the Midlands after the car they were travelling in overtook another vehicle and ploughed into a minibus.

The carnage occurred shortly before 5.30pm yesterday on the outskirts of Tullamore, Co Offaly.

All four dead, said to be in their 20s, are believed to be from the Portarlington area.