'Heartbreaking news on what should have been a day of joy': Tributes to Clonmel crash victims

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Education Minister Norma Foley and Further Education Minister Simon Harris have expressed their condolences to the families of the Clonmel crash victims

A person lays flowers near to the scene of a crash which claimed the lives of four young people in Clonmel. Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

The whole country is with the victims of the devastating collision in Clonmel last night in which four young people lost their lives, as well as with their their school, their families, and their community, according to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. 

The four young people had been travelling to a Leaving Cert celebration event at the time of the crash.