Rathdowney crash: ‘Loss of 3 lives has left us all devastated’

The death of young people “robs us of all of our tomorrows”, a parish priest said yesterday.

Fr Martin Delaney was at the scene as emergency services battled to free the three victims and survivor, all parishioners of his in Rathdowney.

He spoke of the devastating effect of the deaths, not only on the families, but the entire close-knit community. The single car accident took place just before 3.30am on Sunday.