Irish Examiner view: Loss is a community tragedy

Monaghan crash

Young people embrace as the hearse carrying the remains of Kiea McCann arrives at the family home in Clones, Co Monaghan. Kiea, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, both students at Largy College in Clones, were killed, and three others were injured on the N54 Clones to Smithborough road at Legnakelly, Co Monaghan, after a road traffic collision on Monday. 

The funerals of two teenage best friends, who died in a road crash on the way to their debs ball, take place today.

At a time when words fail to capture the depth of loss being felt by the families and the wider community, the only thing people can do is come together and stand in solidarity with those who are grieving.