Horror crash is ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’

Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has described the horrific crash which claimed the lives of two young sisters on Sunday afternoon as the “worst nightmare” of every parent.

Ms Fitzgerald extended her sympathy to John and Michelle Gilmore, from Tuam, Co Galway, whose daughters Kate, 2, and 12-week-old Grace were killed on the outskirts of the town on Sunday afternoon.

Ms Fitzgerald, who was in Galway for a number of functions yesterday, said the deaths of the girls had created widespread shock and grief. “I think it is devastating news,” she said. “It is every parent’s worst nightmare to have an appalling tragedy like this visited upon you. It is just beyond words, really.