Three-year-old among those killed in Co Tipperary crash after car hits wall near Cashel

A man, woman and a young boy have been killed in a road crash in Co Tipperary, Gardai said. The single vehicle collision occurred shortly before 9pm on Tuesday when a car hit a wall in the Windmill Knockbulloge area of Cashel. Gardai said the adult male and adult female, both in their 40s and both rear seat passengers were pronounced dead at the scene, while the body of the three-year-old boy has been taken to Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel.

An adult male driver and adult female front seat passenger, both aged in their 20s have also been taken to Tipperary University Hospital where their condition is described as serious. The road in Windmill Knockbulloge is closed to traffic as emergency services remain at the scene. An incident room has been established at Cahir Garda Station and a Senior Investigating Officer has been appointed to lead the investigation.

Gardai are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to contact the investigation team.

Any road users who may have camera or dash-cam footage and were travelling in the Windmill Knockbulloge area near Cashel between 8.30pm and 9.15pm yesterday evening are asked to make this footage available to Gardai.

The incident comes just days after four people were killed in a car crash in Clonmel, also in Co Tipperary. Twenty four-year-old Luke McSweeney, his 18-year-old sister Grace McSweeney and Zoey Coffey and Nicole Murphy, both also 18, were killed on Friday evening hours after the teenagers received their State exam results. They were on their way to celebrate when the car they were travelling in overturned and hit a stone wall. The funerals for the four young people will be held later this week, after thousands attended a vigil in Clonmel on Sunday to mourn the loss. Fr Michael Toomey, a local priest in the Clonmel area who spoke at that vigil, said that the Cashel crash was “just heartbreaking”. “Our Tipperary county suffers again. Thoughts and prayers for those who have died in tonight’s tragedy in Cashel,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.

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