Kurdish family killed in Galway road tragedy had been planning to move to Carlow

Karzan Sabah Ahmed, Shahen Qasm and baby Lena, who were killed in a crash on the M6 outside Ballinasloe, Co Galway, last week. Picture: Kurdish Irish Society

The Kurdish family tragically killed in a horror road traffic collision last week had been planning to move to Carlow from Galway and had just viewed a property.

Karzan Sabah Ahmed, his wife Shahen Qasm and their eight-month-old daughter Lena died in the three-car crash last Thursday evening on the M6 motorway at Poolboy, Ballinasloe.