A man has been charged over a fatal road traffic collision which claimed the lives of two schoolgirls last year near Clones, County Monaghan. 

The man in his sixties will appear before Monaghan District Court this morning (Monday, March 11). 

The crash claimed the lives of Kiea McCann (17) and Dlava Mohamed (16) who were heading to their debs ball for their school, Largy College, when the crash occurred, the girls were best friends. 

The crash occurred near the Fermanagh Border when a car which was carrying five people left the N54 road and hit a tree.