Silence and shock in Clonmel: 'Everyone is numb'

A day of celebration turned abruptly to sorrow and pain when four young people were killed on their way to a Leaving Cert party last night. Neil Michael reports from Clonmel 

Flowers near the scene of the crash on Mountain Road Clonmel Co Tipperary this morning. Picture: Collins Photos

All throughout the day, small clusters of teenagers appeared at a small makeshift shrine that had been hastily set up on one side of the junction leading to the scene of Friday night's devastating crash.

Near a rusty orange “road closed” sign and a green postbox, small waves of shocked young people came and went between heavy downpours.