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A 'veil of deep sadness' has fallen over Ireland after five young people died in a horror crash, the country's political leaders said.

Three men and two women died in Dundalk, County Louth, in the north of the country, following a two car collision last night. Police believe that the deceased had been travelling together in a Volkswagen Golf, on their way to Dundalk for a night out.

The deceased are Chloe McGee, 23, and Shay Duffy, 21, both from Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan; Alan McCluskey, 23, from Drumconrath in Co Meath; Dylan Commins, 23, from Ardee in Co Louth, and Chloe Hipson, 21, from Lanarkshire in Scotland.

A sixth person who was in the car, also aged in his 20s, continues to receive medical treatment in hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Two other people

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