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Irish Examiner 15-6-98

The community of Mountrath in Co. Laois is preparing today for the funerals of the three young local people who died in a horrific road accident near Portlaoise on Saturday morning. Leaving Cert student Aoife Carroll (17) from Camross, her boyfriend 20 year-old Matthew Peters from Kilbricken and their friend 21 year-old Ray Cuddy also from Kilbricken died when the car in which they were travelling collided with a silage trailer. Six others travelling in the same car were injured. Three are still fighting for their lives in Dublin's Beaumount Hospital.

Irish Examiner 18-6-98

Meanwhile, two more victims of last Saturday morning's crash outside Portlaoise have died. Lorraine Bowe (17), a Leaving Cert student from Abbeyleix, and Fergal Hanlon (20) from Mountrath lost their battles for life at Dublin's Beaumont Hospital yesterday. Three people were killed instantly and six were injured when a car crashed into a tractor and trailer.