Sean Twomey, brother of the deceased Gobnait Twomey, said on behalf of the family: Nothing could have prepared me for the carnage I witnessed on the road that night. The scene was total chaos. I knew instantly that Gob was dead.
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Gobnait Twomey died in the tragedy as she walked home from a funeral, while her mother was pushed to safety by a man who had been attending a second funeral nearby