Shock Weekend On Irish Roads As Eight Die

As gardaí investigations begin into the deaths of four people killed in separate road crashes in the past weekend, the PSNI in the North are also investigating a similar shock road toll - with four road deaths in roughly the same period.

The woman killed in a collision on the N8 at Cloonlough, Mitchelstown, Co Cork on Saturday has just been named as Ciara O'Brien, 26, of Bellview, Fermoy, Co Cork.

She died following a two car collision at Cloonlough at around 6.30pm that evening.

Earlier, two teenagers died following a road crash in Lucan, Dublin.

Three others were injured in the single car crash which happened at Chapel Hill at around 11am.

All five occupants of the car were taken to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.

Two men, believed to be in their late teens, later died from their injuries.

Elsewhere, a 26-year-old man died in a road crash in Co Mayo.

The man was a passenger in a car that hit another car at Drumadoon, Balla, Castlebar, at around 10pm on Friday night.

The drivers of the two cars received minor injuries and were taken to Mayo General Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, a man in his 40s and a child are both in critical condition after a crash on the M50 in Dublin.

The single car crash happened at around 12.45pm on the M50 southbound near the Red Cow junction.

Two other children in the car were also injured. One has since been released from hospital while the other child is said to be in a stable condition.

In Northern Ireland, a man has died following a road accident in Co Down.

Darren Brown, 19, from Downpatrick was killed in the two-vehicle crash on the Belfast Road near Saintfield shortly before 11pm on Saturday.

Also, in the early hours of Monday, two men and a woman have died in a car crash in Co Tyrone.

Four other people were also taken to Craigavon hospital by ambulance after the collision between two cars on the Drum Road in Cookstown.

(BMcC)