The five crash victims. From left: Chloe McGee (23), Shay Duffy (21), Dylan Commins (23), Alan McCluskey (23) and Chloe Hipson (21). Photograph: The Irish Times/montage of handout imagery from An Garda Síochána

The deaths of five young friends in a road crash in Co Louth at the weekend as they travelled for a night out will have “a deep impact” on families and communities in Ireland and abroad, a senior garda has said.

The five were killed instantly on Saturday night in a head-on collision near Dundalk, with first responders arriving to what was described as a scene of “utter devastation”.

The friends were named last night as Chloe McGee (23) and Shay Duffy (21) from Carrickmacross, Co Mo

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