The death toll from a train crash near the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela has risen to 79 after one of the critically injured passengers died in hospital.
Health officials say 22 people, including two children, remain in a critical condition.
The judge investigating the crash is expected to question the train driver, 52-year-old Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, at a special hearing today.
Judge Luis Alaez will then decide whether to press formal charges.
Mr Garzon Amo is currently under arrest at the police headquarters, after being discharged from hospital yesterday.
He faces manslaughter charges related to reckless behaviour in which he allegedly drove too fast on a bend.
Local media reports suggest the train was travelling at more than twice the speed limit at the time of the crash.
Mr Garzon Amo has so far refused to make a statement to police or answer questions.
Media will be excluded from today's hearing, at which the driver is expected to give his first account of what happened.
The judge will then decide whether to remand him as an official suspect, release him on bail, or free him without charge.
It is unclear when the hearing will take place but sources at the Galician Supreme Court suggest it will be this afternoon.
The train company, Renfe, has sought to be legally represented at court today.
Crash victims remembered in Ireland
Hundreds of people attended a mass in Dublin this morning to remember those who died in the train crash and to celebrate the Feast of St James.
It was held at St James's Church in James's Street.
The mass was attended by Spain's Charges D'Affairs to Ireland, Rafael Soriano, who thanked Irish people for their support.
A book of condolences was opened and featured many messages remembering the crash victims.
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