Victims: The five teenage girls who died have been named as Sinéad Ledwidge aged 15, Claire McCluskey aged 18, Deirdre Scanlon aged 17, Lisa Callan aged 15 and Aimee McCabe aged 15.
SINEAD LEDWIDGE (15)
Sinead had only last week won a gold medal at Santry Stadium in an all-Leinster competition for throwing the shot put.
Staff at Beaufort College, Navan, where Sinead was in second year, described her as bright, vivacious and a model student. School principal John Condon said she was an all-rounder - academic, artistic and sporting.
He said Sinead wrote poetry in her English class, was excellent at French and in particular excelled at home economics and art. Sinead had one older brother.
One local resident who knew her said she was a very good accordeon player who had played traditional music in a band.
CLAIRE McCLUSKEY (18)
Claire was a senior school prefect at St Michael's Loreto Convent, Navan and one of four students there to be killed in Monday's bus crash.
Her younger sister, Anita, was travelling on the same Bus Éireann coach when the crash occurred. However, she was only slightly injured.
Claire was in sixth year and was scheduled to sit her Leaving Certificate examinations starting on June 8th.
Staff at the school yesterday described Claire as "a very bright student". They said she was "a bubbly, outgoing and a very friendly person".
DEIRDRE SCANLON (17)
Deirdre was described by staff at St Michael's Loreto Convent, Navan as a straight-A student. She was a senior prefect in the school and was also due to sit her Leaving Certificate this year.
Staff said she was "a highly gifted student who was very hard working and diligent". They described her as someone who related very well to the younger students in the school.
Deirdre had one older sister, Caitríona, who had left the school a number of years ago.
One local mother who knew Deirdre said she was a quiet girl with a lovely personality. Deirdre loved to sing and had been involved with a folk group in the Beauparc area.
LISA CALLAN (15)
Lisa Callan played bass guitar in a local band and was described last night as a girl who was "full of life".
Lisa was in third year at St Michael's Loreto Convent, Navan where staff said she was a very bright student.
She wanted to be an architect and was scheduled to sit her Junior Certificate examination next month.
School staff described her as a "lovely girl" with long blond hair.
They said she was very bright and loved sport.
AIMEE McCABE (15)
Aimee was class captain in the third year at St Michael's Loreto Convent, Navan.
The middle girl of three from Hayestown, Aimee was described yesterday by her best friend Marion Sheehy as the leader and the inspiration in her class.
Marion said Aimee was the person that everyone went to first when they had a problem to sort out. She said her favourite group was Westlife and she had written about going to see the band in concert in Irish class on Monday just hours before the fatal crash. Staff at the Loreto Convent said she was "a great leader" with great organisational abilities.