A man who died early this morning when his car hit a tree in Co Mayo has been named as Mr David Dunne (31) from Drumacrin Road, Buncrana, Co Donegal.
The crash happened at 5 a.m. on the Castlebar Road in Ballinrobe. There were no other vehicles involved.
Mr Dunne's body was taken to Mayo General Hospital for post-mortem and the scene was preserved for technical examination.
The accident brings to 181 the number of people killed on the State's roads so far this year, compared to 171 for the same period last year.