Hundreds of thousands of euro have been raised to support the family injured in Sunday’s crash on the M9 in County Kildare. 

Sisters Alma and Niamh Kinsley are both in their 30s and both remain in a critical condition in hospital. 

Their younger sister, Ella Hendricken, is in her 20s and is in a serious condition in Tallaght Hospital. 

While their seven-year-old nephew is currently in a serious condition in Crumlin Children’s Hospital. 

The family were travelling to Dublin Airport ahead of a family wedding when their car was hit by another vehicle being driven the wrong way up the motorway. 

The GoFundMe page states that the family face a “long and challenging road ahead” of them and that all cash raised will be transferred to the family. 

“That's the closest interaction we can have with the family at the moment as well,” reporter Alex Rowley told The Claire Byrne Show.  

“Because the guards even issued a release this morning as well, just to ask everybody to give the families involved in this incident as much privacy as possible. 

“They won't be doing any media interviews.” 

The scene of the crash in Kildare. Picture by: Eamon Farrell/RollingNews.ie.

The crash also claimed the lives of five teenagers, who decided to drive the wrong way up the M9 and crashed into the car carrying the sisters and their nephew. 

The youngest of the five teenagers was Joey Carthy, who was only 15 at the time of his death. 

His relative Joey McCarthy was 16, as was Jack Kennedy was 17. 

18-year-old Jeremy O'Brien also lost his life, as did 17-year-old Kamil Pustkowski. 

“It was initially thought that four people had lost their lives until forensic collision investigators were moving the scene of the wreckage and they found the final person,” Alex said. 

Gardaí are currently investigating the teenagers’ involvement in crime and anti-social behaviour. 

It has also been reported that Kamil Pustkowski was out on bail at the time of his death and was not allowed to leave his native County Limerick. 

“There had been links to the Lucky Dip gang since this incident had started,” Alex continued. 

“That's a gang that is essentially a group of young people initially who are based in Dublin, but have seemed to have branched out who literally would go on to Google Maps after stealing a car and decide every night a town in Leinster that they're going to go and commit crimes in.

“But this seems like this is more of a spinoff gang, because a lot of inspiration has come from seeing these people online.”

Main image: Sisters Alma and Niamh Kinsley and Ella Hendricken. Picture by: GoFundMe.