Three men have died in road traffic collisions in Cork, Dublin and in Newry, Co Down.
Gardaí in west Cork have appealed for witnesses to a fatal collision which claimed the life of a 23-year-old man on Saturday night. The man has been named locally as Eoin Coughlan from Ballydehob.
He was driving west in his car along the N71 when he was in collision with a 4x4 travelling in the opposite direction at Smorane, about 2km east of Skibbereen.
The collision happened at 10.20pm. Emergency services were alerted and were quickly on the scene and attended to the young man, but he was pronounced dead a short time later.
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The road was closed to allow a forensic crash investigator examine the scene and the body of the young man was removed to Cork University Hospital where a postmortem will be conducted.
The driver of the 4x4, a man in his 40s, was removed by ambulance to the same hospital where he was treated for injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
In north Co Dublin, a motorcyclist was killed also on Saturday night.
At about 9:30pm, gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the collision involving a car and motorcycle on the R126 Hearse Road at the junction with Cobbe’s lane near Donabate.
The motorcyclist, a man in his early 20s, was treated at the scene by emergency services personnel but was pronounced dead a short time later. He was removed to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown where a postmortem will be arranged.
Investigating gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed either collision to contact them. Any road users with camera, including dashcam, footage are asked to make this available to gardaí who can be contacted at the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
Meanwhile, a man in his 50s died following a collision on the Old Dublin Road, Newry, also on Saturday, when his motorbike was involved in a collision with a car at about 11.05am. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is investigating.
