Brother and sister among victims of Laois crash

Gardaí have named the three young people who died in yesterday afternoon's tragic road crash in Co Laois.

Twenty-two-year-old Tom Frewen, his 19-year-old sister Mary and 21-year-old Paul Geary, all from Mitchelstown in Co Cork, were killed when their car collided with a lorry near Portlaoise.

Another young man who was also in the car is in a critical condition following the crash.

The victims are believed to have been travelling home from the Oxegen music festival at Punchestown.