At least five people were killed and three injured after two vehicles collided in Ireland’s County Louth, police said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday at around 9pm.
The Guardian quoted police
as saying the five people who died – three men and two women – were on their way to Dundalk when their Volkswagen Golf collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser on the Ardee road at Gibstown.
The sixth occupant in the Golf was a male, who was being treated for non-life threatening injuries on Sunday, as were the two occupants of the Land Cruiser, a male and a female.
The taoiseach, Micheál Martin, said on Sunday he was “numbed and shocked”.
Simon Harris, the tánaiste, or deputy prime minister, said a “veil of deep sadness has come over our country” and paid tribute to first responders. “One cannot even imagine the extraordinarily difficult and tragic circumstances in which they found themselves working last night as they set about trying to help in the most harrowing of situations.”
The Irish police has urged people who witnessed the crash or have dashcam footage from the area between 8.30pm and 9.15pm to contact them.
Superintendent Charlie Armstrong of Dundalk Garda Station said: “Last night members of An Garda Siochana supported by other emergency services including Dundalk Fire Brigade, HSE Paramedics and staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda initiated a major incident response.
“I want to acknowledge and express my gratitude to my colleagues in An Garda Siochana and the other emergency service who attended the scene last night,” he said, adding “I am appealing to any person who might have any camera footage or images from the L3168, Gibstown area between 8.30pm and 9.15pm, last night Saturday 15th November 2025 to give that footage or images to the investigation team at Dundalk Garda Station.”
The Guardian quoted Superintendent Liam Geraghty as saying: ““The events that occurred here last night again are a very clear reminder of how things can change dramatically on our roads in a split second, and the tragedy that brings to families, communities and loved ones.”
He added that a total of 157 people have been killed on Irish roads so far this year, an increase on the same period last year.
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