Three women have died in separate road crashes in Co Kilkenny, Co Tipperary and Co Down.
A woman in her 50s was pronounced dead after the car she was travelling in and a truck collided on the N25 Rosslare to Cork road at Gaulstown near Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, on Friday morning.
The woman’s body was removed from the scene to Waterford University Hospital, where a postmortem will be carried out in due course, the Garda said.
Gardaí appealed to anyone who witnessed the incident, or who may have relevant dashcam footage from the area at about 10.30am, to come forward.
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They are asked to contact Waterford Garda station on (051) 305300, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
Meanwhile, a Leaving Cert student died after the car she was driving hit a wall and entered a river at Kilaldry Bridge in the townland of Kilmoyler, Co Tipperary.
Gardaí and Tipperary Fire and Rescue were alerted after the 18-year-old student failed to return to her home in Clonmel on Thursday night.
The car was discovered in the Aherlow river in the early hours of Friday morning. A Garda sub-aqua team located the woman’s body at about 5am.
She was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was taken to Tipperary University Hospital for a postmortem examination.
A total of 55 people have died on the State’s roads so far this year, nine fewer than in the same period last year.
In Northern Ireland, a woman in her 60s has died and eight other people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Co Down.
The PSNI was alerted to the crash on the Portaferry Road shortly after 10.20am on Friday.
Insp Cherith Adair, from the Collision Investigation Unit, said: “A red-coloured lorry travelling towards Greyabbey had been involved in a collision with a silver Citroen Berlingo people carrier and a white Audi A3 car travelling in the direction of Newtownards.
“Officers attended, alongside colleagues from our partner emergency services.
“A passenger in the Citroen Berlingo, a woman aged in her 60s, sadly died at the scene. Eight other people, three men, two women and three children, attended hospital for treatment. The Portaferry Road remains closed as an examination of the scene continues.”
Insp Adair said detectives are investigating the circumstances of the collision, and would like to hear from witnesses or anyone who might have captured dash-cam or other footage which could assist with inquiries. Information could be reported by calling 101 and quoting reference CW 422 25/04/25, or online at psni.police.uk/makeareport/ - PA
