Deaths of teenagers 'shocked and saddened the nation' says Clones priest

Frankie McCann, centre, father of Kiea, wipes away his tears as his daughter's coffin leaves the Sacred Heart Chapel in Clones, Co Monaghan after her funeral service.

Two grieving families were supported by hundreds of mourners from all over the country who turned out to support them in their darkest hour as they buried their daughters who died in a car crash.

The despair felt by the Mohamed and McCann families was captured in the words of Fr John Chester who spoke at Kiea’s funeral mass in Clones, when he said the deaths of the two teenagers had “shocked and saddened the nation”.