'Why them?' Clonmel gathers at vigil to mourn 'four beautiful young lives'

'We in Clonmel look out for each other,' Fr Michael Toomey tells the vigil. 'Let’s stick together and look out for each other'

Students from the class of 2023 from Presentation Secondary School at the Sunday evening vigil in Kickham Plaza, Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in memory of Luke McSweeney, 24, his sister Grace McSweeney, Zoey Coffey, Nicole Murphy, all aged 18, who died in Friday's car crash. Brian Lawless/PA Wire

"Why them? It is a question we will never get an answer to."

Father Michael Toomey was speaking to a crowd of more than 1,200 people at a prayer vigil in Clonmel in honour of the four young people who died in Friday night’s crash.