A 22-year-old man died on Saturday when he was hit by a small train in an amusement park in Tramore, Co Waterford.
Gavin Mason from Kilmore Close in Artane, Dublin, died after he fell and was struck by a ghost train in the Tramore Amusement Park at about 7.30pm on Saturday.
Mr Mason and a small group of friends had arrived in Tramore on Friday to celebrate his 22nd birthday. The group had been watching football on television in a local pub before arriving at the amusement park on Saturday evening.
Gardaí said it appeared Mr Mason and some friends had been standing in the front section of a carriage when he toppled over. This carriage then rolled over him before being shunted from behind by another carriage a few seconds later.
The victim suffered injuries to his head and torso. He was brought to Waterford Regional Hospital, where he died a short time later. His family travelled to Tramore yesterday morning.
Gardaí at Tramore are investigating Mr Mason's death, which they believe was accidental.
Five others died in separate incidents across the country at the weekend. In Tramore, gardaí are also investigating a drowning after the body of a man in his mid-30s was recovered from the sea close to where he entered the water at about 7am yesterday.
The man got into difficulty and Tramore lifeboat was alerted shortly afterwards. The Irish Coast Guard helicopter and the Tramore Sea Rescue service then arrived at the scene.
The rescue helicopter spotted the victim's remains in shallow water at about 7.45am. The body was brought to Waterford Regional Hospital for a postmortem.
In Co Clare, Peter McGovern (39) was killed in a single-vehicle crash yesterday. The incident happened at Decomade, Lissycasey, at 11.40am, when a car being driven by the victim went off the road and hit a road sign. He was travelling alone. The man's body was removed to Ennis General Hospital.
Elsewhere in the county, a woman's body was recovered yesterday from the canal between Clonlara village and Barry Cross at about 11am. The woman's body was removed to Limerick Regional Hospital for a postmortem.
Colette Connolly (54) was reported missing from her home in Kilmore, Broadford, Co Clare, on Saturday afternoon. A marine rescue helicopter assisted gardaí, Civil Defence and local volunteers in an extensive search.
Separately, the body of a man in his late 40s was recovered from a lake at Naughan near Belturbet, Co Cavan at 3pm on Saturday.
In Co Monaghan, a pensioner died in a house fire. The 79-year-old woman, was at her home on McCurtain Street in Clones when the fire broke out on Friday night.
Meanwhile, gardaí have named the victim of a fatal crash in Co Kildare last Friday morning.
Patrick O'Keeffe (31), of Kildare town, was killed when the car he was driving hit a parked truck at Monread Road, Naas, at about 2.55am.