A motorcyclist in his 30s has died following a collision in Co Cavan, bringing to four the number of people killed on roads in the Republic over the bank holiday weekend.
The incident, which involved two motorcyclists, happened on at about 7.25pm on the N87 which is the main Belturbet to Ballyconnell road. It occurred the Ballyconnell side of the Slieve Russell Hotel.
A man in his 30s was pronounced dead at the scene.
The road was closed for a number of hours following the incident but re-opened again to traffic in the early hours of this morning.
The fatality brings to 32, the number of road users killed in May, the highest monthly total since February 2008.
Three other motorists have died over the bank holiday weekend with fatal collisions in counties Kildare, Mayo and Limerick.
Three men were injured, one of them fatally, when three cars collided in Co Kildare at 7am on Saturday. The collision occurred at Pike Bridge on the main Maynooth to Leixlip road.
A man in his 20s who was driving one of the vehicles was killed.
Two other men who were driving the other cars were taken to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, west Dublin. Neither man’s injuries are life-threatening.
The road was closed for a number of hours as Garda forensic collision investigators carried out an examination of the scene.
On Friday evening, a woman in her 50s was killed in a three-vehicle collision on the N5 at Bohola, Co Mayo. Her car collided with another vehicle at 6.35pm. A third vehicle arrived at the scene and also crashed.
The drivers of the other two vehicles were injured, but their conditions were described by gardaí as not life-threatening. The road was closed for a Garda examination.
Also on Friday evening, a man who was from Malaysia was killed when the car in which he was travelling was in collision with another vehicle on the main Limerick to Dublin road at Kildimo, Co Limerick.
The incident occurred at 6pm. Another male passenger travelling with the dead man was injured. The drivers of both cars were not injured.
The man who was killed has been named as Wai Kit Kwong (23), with an address at Eason’s Avenue, Shandon Street, Cork.
The increase in road deaths this month has come following a period of sustained reductions in fatalities on the Republic’s roads.
Also at the weekend, a teenager was killed following a collision in Co Tyrone. He died after his car struck a wall at the junction at Drum Road and Sandholes Road near Cookstown at about 4.20am on Saturday. He was the only person in the car.