What the papers say: Monday's front pages

Eva Osborne

A horror-crash in Co Louth that left five young people dead dominates the headlines on the front pages of Irish newspapers on Sunday, as well as Troy Parrott's hat-trick against Hungary sending Ireland to the World Cup playoffs.

The deaths of five young friends in a road crash in at the weekend as they travelled for a night out will have “a deep impact” on families and communities in Ireland and abroad, a senior garda has said, The Irish Times reports.

Ireland's win over Hungary may be a turning point, the day when this generation of Irish footballers turn from callow boys to men, according to the Irish Examiner.

A man in his 50s was being questioned last night after a man in his 30s died following a stabbing in Hollyhill in the early hours of Sunday morning, The Echo reports.

The Irish Independent leads with the Louth crash, labelling it the worst loss of life in a single accident on Irish roads in over 15 years.

The Louth crash dominates the front page of Monday's Irish Daily Mirror.

Chloe McGee (23), Shay Duffy (21), Alan McCluskey (23), Dylan Commins (23), and Chloe Hipson (21) all died at the scene after the Volkswagen Golf they were in collided with a Toyata Land Cruiser in Dundalk on Saturday night.

The Irish Daily Star leads with Troy Parrott's 'tears of joy' after a fairytale finish in Budapest keeps Irish World Cup dreams alive.

Three more people were hospitalised following the crash in Co Louth that left five young people dead.

A man in his 20s, who was also in the Golf, was taken to hospital in Drogheda with non-life-threatening injuries. The two people in the Land Cruiser were taken to hospital in Drogheda, also with non-life-threatening injuries, the Irish Daily Mail reports.

The Herald leads with Ireland's win over Hungary on Sunday afternoon, and Troy Parrott saying he "thought Thursday was good" after the win over Portugal, but Sunday was "next level".

"I'll have this for the rest of my life," he said.