LAST UPDATE | 11 Mar 2024

A MAN HAS been remanded on bail after appearing in court charged in connection to a crash in Monaghan that killed two teenagers.

Anthony McGinn of Drumloo, Newbliss in Co Monaghan is charged in relation to the fatal road traffic collision that occurred in Legnakelly, Co Monaghan on 31 July 2023.

The man, aged in his 60s, appeared before Monaghan District Court this morning.

McGinn was granted bail for six weeks by Judge Raymond Finnegan and will again appear before Monaghan District Court on 22 April.

The defendant is charged with dangerous driving causing the death of teenagers Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohammed.

He is also charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to another person.

Best friends 17-year-old Kiea McCann and 16-year-old Dlava Mohamed died when the car they were travelling in hit a tree on a section of the N54 at Legnakelly near Clones.

The Monaghan teenagers were on their way to the Largey College School debs at the time.