Gardaí have formally identified the three victims of Wednesday’s crash in Carlow.
The victims were, Michael Kelly, 25, from Nurney in Carlow, Daryl Culbert, 22, from Kiltegan in Co Wicklow and Katie Graham, 19, from Arles in Co Laois.
Post-mortem examinations are expected to be completed tomorrow at University Hospital Waterford.
The remains of the three young people will then be released to the families to allow funerals to take place.
A fourth person in the car, a man in his 20s, was taken to St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Gardaí are appealing for information in relation to the fatal crash, which happened at about 11.30pm on Wednesday in the townland of Leagh, about 5km from Carlow town.
Fianna Fáil TD, Jennifer Murnane-O’Connor said that there was an urgency now to improve road safety in the local area.
Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland she said: “We cannot have any more fatalities on our road, one is too many.
“We need to have proper infrastructure, proper safety and signage on our road. All these things will make such a huge difference
“These were beautiful young people in the prime of life… It’s awful. Our thoughts are with the families today, it’s just shocking.”
Yesterday, Garda Superintendent Anthony Farrell, who responded on the night, said it was a traumatic scene.
He said that his thoughts are with the families involved and gardaí who were first to arrive.
“In my 25 years of service, [this is] probably one of the most severe cases that I’ve attended. It was really, really traumatic,” he said.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar also yesterday expressed his sadness over the news, saying “our thoughts and condolences go to the families affected, and the community as well.”
