Boy remanded over fatal Clare car crash

A 16-year-old boy has been remanded in custody on charges of causing the deaths of two teenage friends in Co Clare last month…

A 16-year-old boy has been remanded in custody on charges of causing the deaths of two teenage friends in Co Clare last month.

The boy is facing charges of dangerous driving and driving without insurance and without a driving licence at Moyarta, Carrigaholt, on October 17th.

He was the driver in the crash that killed friends and neighbours, Stacy Haugh (16) and Lorna O'Mahony (13) and injured Stacy's younger brother, Karl (11).

The boy, who is living at a homeless unit for adolescents in Galway, was remanded at Ennis District Court to reappear next January.

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