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24/05/2005
Five schoolgirls killed in Co Meath bus crash
Five teenage girls have died following a coach crash in the Republic of Ireland on Monday.
The incident, which occurred at around 4.30pm, saw a bus overturn at Casey's Cross at Kentstown near Navan in Co Meath.
The dead have been named as Lisa Callan, 15, Sinead Ledwidge, 15, Amy McCabe, 15, Claire McCluskey, 18, and Deirdre Scanlon, 17. The victims were pupils at St Michael's Loretto Convent School in Navan and nearby Beaufort College. Forty-six people were taken to hospital with injuries following the crash.
Three separate investigations, led by Irish police, the Health and Safety Executive and Bus Eireann, are currently under way to try to establish the cause of the accident.
Irish President Mary McAleese, who is currently on a state visit to the US, expressed her shock at the news.
"She sends her deepest sympathy to the families and friends of those who have been bereaved,” a spokesperson said.
(MB/SP)
The incident, which occurred at around 4.30pm, saw a bus overturn at Casey's Cross at Kentstown near Navan in Co Meath.
The dead have been named as Lisa Callan, 15, Sinead Ledwidge, 15, Amy McCabe, 15, Claire McCluskey, 18, and Deirdre Scanlon, 17. The victims were pupils at St Michael's Loretto Convent School in Navan and nearby Beaufort College. Forty-six people were taken to hospital with injuries following the crash.
Three separate investigations, led by Irish police, the Health and Safety Executive and Bus Eireann, are currently under way to try to establish the cause of the accident.
Irish President Mary McAleese, who is currently on a state visit to the US, expressed her shock at the news.
"She sends her deepest sympathy to the families and friends of those who have been bereaved,” a spokesperson said.
(MB/SP)
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Funerals begin for bus crash victims
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Funeral of fifth bus crash victim takes place
The funeral of the fifth person to die in Monday’s school bus crash in Co Meath has taken place on Friday. More than 1,000 people attended the funeral of Aimee McCabe, 15, which took place in the village of Yellow Furze near Slane.
Funeral of fifth bus crash victim takes place
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Victims of McGurk’s bar bombing remembered
A memorial was unveiled in Belfast to mark the 30th anniversary of a loyalist bombing in which 15 people died. Men, women and children lost their lives in the one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles at The Tramore Bar - better known as McGurk’s - in North Queen Street on December 4, 1971.
Victims of McGurk’s bar bombing remembered
A memorial was unveiled in Belfast to mark the 30th anniversary of a loyalist bombing in which 15 people died. Men, women and children lost their lives in the one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles at The Tramore Bar - better known as McGurk’s - in North Queen Street on December 4, 1971.
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