The two teenagers, Andrew O'Donnell and Max Wall, who tragically died on their Leaving Cert holiday in Greece have been described as "fantastic young men with they lives ahead of them".
The two friends had both recently graduated from St Michael’s College in Ballsbridge, South Dublin, and had been part of a large group of classmates who had been away on holiday.
The principal of St Michael's Secondary School, Tim Kelleher, said "our hearts are broken" and families have been plunged into "deep sadness" after the deaths of two recent graduates on the Greek island of Ios.