Gardaí have named the three men who were killed in a two-car crash in Co Carlow yesterday.
They were Sergei Tsevan (27) a Ukrainian national with an address at Yeomanstown Stud, Naas; Ukrainian Anton Pavlov (22) from 37 Roseville, Naas; and Jean De Quatrebarbes (27), a French national living in Derneel, Caragh, Co Kildare.
The three men all worked in the horse-racing industry in Co Kildare.
They were all travelling in a left-hand drive Ford Mondeo collided with a Mercdedes at about 4.15am, just inside the Co Kildare border and about three miles outside Carlow town on the N9 road to Castledermot.
A fourth man in the car, also Ukrainian, was also injured and taken to St Luke's hospital in Kilkenny with injuries described as "serious but not life-threatening". He was later moved to Waterford Regional Hospital
Supt Pat Kavanagh at Garda District HQ in Co Carlow said it appeared the car collided with the Mercedes while trying to overtake a truck.
The driver of the Mercedes, Paul Quinlan (42), a musician from Carlow, was injured and also taken to hospital in Kilkenny where he is said to be in a stable condition with a broken hip.
Gardaí said weather and road conditions were poor at the time of the crash due to heavy rain.