Shaun Kelly's car after the crash in Buncrana in 2010 that killed eight people and for which Kelly was jailed. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Wire
The number of deaths on Irish roads remains stubbornly high, despite decreases across the rest of the European Union, with the latest crash in Co Louth bringing to 158 the total for this year, an increase of 10 on the same period last year.
Chloe McGee (23), Shay Duffy (21), Dylan Commins (23), Alan McCluskey (23) and Chloe Hipson (21)
Co Louth, November 2025
Five young friends died in a road crash in Co Louth over the weekend, with three others taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The group of friends are understood to have been on their way to socialise in Dundalk, when the Volkswagen Golf they were travelling in collided with a Toyota Landcruiser just after 9pm on Saturday in the townland of Gibstown.
The friends were named as Chloe McGee (23) and Shay Duffy (21) from Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan; Alan McCluskey (23) from Drumconrath, Co Meath; Dylan Commins (23) from Ardee, Co Louth and Chloe Hipson (21) from L
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