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06 Sept 2025

PICTURES: Community of Clonmel rallies together in wake of tragedy

Thousands have turned out in the town of Clonmel in recent days to mourn the deaths of four young people, including two siblings, who were killed in a car accident.

Luke McSweeney, his sister Grace McSweeney, Zoey Coffey and Nicole Murphy died after the car they were travelling in overturned and hit a wall on the town's Mountain Road last Friday night.

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Several thousand people packed Clonmel's Kickham Plaza for a prayer vigil on Sunday evening to pay their respects to the four young victims of the tragic car crash and to show solidarity with their devastated families.

After the ceremony, young and old placed hundreds of lighting candles on the steps of the plaza before the two altars in memory of the four deceased young people, three of whom had only received their Leaving Cert results just hours before the accident.

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