Mother and two daughters who died in N17 tragedy are named

The three victims of yesterday's fatal road traffic collision in South Mayo have been named as 47-year-old Una Bowden and her daughters Ciara, 14, and Saoirse, 9.

The incident occurred on the N17, a short distance from Claremorris, at about 2pm on Tuesday, when the car driven by Ms Bowden was involved in a collision with an articulated lorry.

According to The Irish Times, they lived in Gortachalla near Moycullen, Co Galway. Relatives of the deceased have been informed.

David Bowden, husband of Una and father to Ciara and Saoirse, is travelling back to Ireland. Mr Bowden is a project manager with the United Nations and had been working on a humanitarian project in the Tigray area of Ethiopia.

Ms Bowden was originally from Co Donegal and lived with her husband in Africa for a number of years before moving to Galway. Ciara was in first year of secondary school, while Saoirse was a primary school pupil.

Following the incident, the bodies of the deceased were taken to Mayo University Hospital for postmortem examination.

Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward.

Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) are asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Claremorris Garda Station on 094 9372080, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.